users.mailFolder

Create child folder from user

Changed on Jul 17, 2026

Create a new child mailFolder in a specific user's mailbox.

post/users/{userIdentifier}/mailFolders/{mailFolderId}/childFolders

Request

Base URL
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0
Auth
OAuth 2
Authorization codehttps://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
Client credentials
Token URLhttps://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
ScopesMail.Read, Mail.ReadWrite, Mail.Send
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/ballerina-platform/apis/microsoft-graph-mail-api/docs/users/:userIdentifier/mailFolders/:mailFolderId/childFolders/post.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

Request body

@odata.typestring

idstring

The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only

childFolderCountnumber nullable

The number of immediate child mailFolders in the current mailFolder

parentFolderIdstring nullable

The unique identifier for the mailFolder's parent mailFolder

displayNamestring nullable

The mailFolder's display name

childFoldersMicrosoftGraphMailFolder[] circular

unreadItemCountnumber nullable

The number of items in the mailFolder marked as unread

isHiddenboolean nullable

Indicates whether the mailFolder is hidden. This property can be set only when creating the folder

totalItemCountnumber nullable

The number of items in the mailFolder

Response

Created child mail folder