# Ability to 'Watch' a local folder

**URL:** <https://community.endnote.com/t/ability-to-watch-a-local-folder/333023>\
**Category:** EndNote Product Suggestions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/ability-to-watch-a-local-folder/333023 "2012-12-03T22:42:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![shredderwoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@shredderwoods](https://community.endnote.com/u/shredderwoods)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/ability-to-watch-a-local-folder/333023/1 "2012-12-03T22:42:38Z")

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I really wish that EndNote had a “Watch Folder” feature like Mendeley has. I store all my pdfs in a folder (with subfolders) and do not want to import this directory each time EndNote starts. May I recommend a feature where I can specify folders that EndNote will monitor for addition/deletion of files and update the library accordingly?

Say a ‘Preferences’ tab of ‘Add Folders’ OR ‘Watch Folders’ OR ‘Sync with local folder’, will be immensley helpful.