Is there a way to put all of my current form into a folder that sits on the side and not show up on my list?

I want all of my forms from last year to go into a folder and not show up unless I go into that folder. Is that an option?

Unfortunately, this is not possible. If you place a form into a folder it will still be displayed in the main folder, but it will contain a tag indicating the folder it belongs to. The best advice would be to create anew folder 2016 and create the new forms in this folder. When you go into the specific folder, only does forms in that folder will be shown.