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How can I find the total number of files in a folder?
Boy, am I disappointed with Dropbox. I assumed that each folder would display the number of files in that folder, without me jumping through all kinds of hoops. This seems not to be the case, however...
Are you referring to the Dropbox website or the folder on your computer. If it's the folder, use the features of your opreating system for that. If it's the Dropbox website, select all the files in the folder and the count will be shown in the upper right.
Walterthanks for the quick response.
1. When clicking the square next to folder name, it just shows a larger "folder" icon on the right side, nowhere does it show count of files in that folder; when clicking multiple such squares, it does show how many folders I have clicked, but not how many files they contain.
Am I supposed to see file count anywhere when clicking on a folder? Do I have some wrong/different interface from other users (I'm on a Business plan)?
2. Ctrl-A inside a folder does indeed select all items and show their count... but how does it answer the question? The question is, given a list of folders with arbitrary depth, how does one see number of files in those folders and all their subfolders (what "size" metric is applied to now, but count rather that size)?
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorAh, I see now - thanks for the clarifications qqq1!
In regards to your first point, I was referring to the default 'Name' header when navigating your folders - not a particular folder. As a matter of fact, what you described is the normal behavior.
As per your second point, I was merely suggesting this so as to get an overview of the folders/files you'd be selecting.
I understand your point now though (as you'd like to calculate the files' count within a more complex folder-structure) so I'll make a note of it in my internal feedback report to our devs for future improvements on our service.
In the meantime, you could use your computer's OS to calculate the files within your folders - assuming that you have our desktop app installed that is.
I know it's not much, yet, I sure hope this helps to some extent.
Let us know if you come up with any additional questions!
I can't believe after all this time and so many complaints that DropBox have still not fixed this fundamental flaw. It's been going on for years. So what Walter is saying as recently as two weeks ago is that the only way to get a full file count of an arbitrary folder containing sub folders is to download the files to a computer. I have a 65GB folder containg 17,000 photos and I want to check that I have the right number of files in the cloud before I delete them from the computer they were on. Firstly, I do not have sufficient free disk space to download them and even if I did I am in Africa with very poor (and expensive) bandwidth. What am I meant to do ? This is ridiculous.
Yes, this would be another example of a disorganised company with a disorganised app, I'm afraid! MacBook Pro and Android won't show this, but iPhone X did! Not sure if it does still, though!
Pretty incredible that Dropbox does not have this very basic feature. I am in the same boat. So much for comparing backups and restores with total file numbers.
Each dropbox folder should have an option called "Folder Info". That, at the very least, should tell you the size and file count of the folder.
- Daphne
Hey Allen77 and natlipson, thanks for sharing your thoughts here!
We currently have a request for this feature in our "Share an idea" section here. If you'd like to show your support for this, please check it out an upvote the idea.
Sorry that I can't be of much more help with this, but please don't hesitate to get back to me here with any other questions.
Have a great day!
Yes, this is sorely needed. It should show the amount of files in a folder.
Also, we should be able to choose to have more than 3 columns displayed if we want. For example, I would want Name, Size, # of files, and date last modified.
Lastly, it should carry over into integrations. I have found that the size is not carrying over into our Salesforce.com for folders.
This doesn't seem that hard, quite being obtuse Dropbox and let people customize their file organization experience per their preferences, not what you think people want...
I would also like to be able to check the number of files in a folder that has subfolders, so that I can check on the progress of a remote process that is uploading to Dropbox but that I can't otherwise access while I'm away from home.
It'd also just be nice to know what's actually in your Dropbox.........
Why do many of these questions have "Solved! Go to the solution" beside them, when clearly the simple question(s) have not been answered or solved.
You are correct. Questions are not answered. It appears it is some bot's job to guess the most likely answer after a predefined period of time. The bot's action is supposed to make you believe that somebody is actually paying attention to questions.
There is no support. And 'the Community' certainly can not fix, or even report, the program's short comings even after everyone in the Community has came to the conclusion it needs fixed.
