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Using cloud storage for collaborative projects has become common practice among researchers. However, despite its popularity, we lack an understanding of researchers' shared file management practices in cloud storage. More importantly, although researchers engage in various shared file management activities (i.e., create, update, organize, find/re‐find, keep, archive, and delete) in cloud storage, no studies have comparatively investigated these activities. Based on 475 responses from researchers collected through an online survey, this study examined researchers' different shared file management activities by focusing on the differences in the frequency, perceived ease of use, and satisfaction for each activity, and identified well‐supported activities as well as activities that require increased support. This study deepens our understanding of researchers' shared file management practice in cloud storage by cross‐examining an array of shared file management activities, and contributes to the development of tools and applications that better support researchers' shared file management in cloud storage.