Python File Organization: Automate Your Digital Life in 2025

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Python File Organization: Automate Your Digital Life

Your Downloads folder is a mess. Here is how to fix it permanently with Python.

import os, shutil
from pathlib import Path

class FileOrganizer:
    def __init__(self, target_path):
        self.path = Path(target_path)
        self.rules = {
            "Documents": [".pdf", ".docx", ".txt", ".xlsx"],
            "Images": [".jpg", ".png", ".gif", ".svg", ".webp"],
            "Code": [".py", ".js", ".html", ".css", ".java"],
            "Archives": [".zip", ".rar", ".7z", ".tar"],
            "Videos": [".mp4", ".avi", ".mkv"],
        }

    def organize(self):
        moved = 0
        for folder, exts in self.rules.items():
            (self.path / folder).mkdir(exist_ok=True)
            for ext in exts:
                for f in self.path.glob(f"*{ext}"):
                    if f.is_file():
                        shutil.move(str(f), str(self.path / folder / f.name))
                        moved += 1
        return moved

# Run it
org = FileOrganizer("C:/Users/YourName/Downloads")
moved = org.organize()
print(f"Organized {moved} files!")