User IDs
As a developer
To locate your own user ID in the Box web app, navigate to your All Files page. Select your avatar and choose Account Settings from the dropdown menu. Your user ID is the Account ID value listed in the Account Details section of the Account tab.
As an admin
If your account type provides access to the , select the user in question from the user list. The URL reveals their user ID. For example, in https://app.box.com/master/content/2267862105/0/0, the user ID is 2267862105.
To find user IDs using the API, navigate to the Developer Console and generate a Developer Token or obtain an Access Token for yourself. Then call the endpoint. This returns a list of all users in your enterprise.
Enterprise ID
As a developer
To find your enterprise ID, select your account icon in the top-right of the and choose Copy Enterprise ID.
As an admin
From the Admin Console, navigate to the Account & Billing tab. The Enterprise ID is located under the Account Information section.
Content IDs
As a developer
To locate a file ID via the Box web app, navigate to the file’s preview in your browser and look at the URL. For example, the file ID of https://app.box.com/file/1234567890 is 1234567890.
To locate a folder ID via the Box web app, navigate into the folder and look at the URL. For example, the folder ID of https://app.box.com/folder/9876543210 is 9876543210.
To locate content IDs via the API, start by listing all items at the All Files level by passing 0 as the folder_id of the endpoint.
As an admin
If you have access to the Content Manager, select the user in question from the user list and then navigate to the content. The URL reveals the folder and/or file ID. For example, in https://app.box.com/master/content/1987212562/88560510648/0/532181212706:
- User ID:
1987212562
- Folder ID:
88560510648
- File ID:
532181212706
Last modified on August 7, 2026
