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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.
Walter
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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 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.
- Daphne
Hey peeps, just dropping in here!
At the moment, we don't have a feature within Dropbox that allows you to see a total of how many files are within a folder and all its subfolders online.
The current suggested work around is that if you have the desktop app syncing your files, you can use the default file browser options to see the number of files.
We really do appreciate all the feedback we get for existing and desired features that we get.
Currently, we have a feature request thread for this ability online here, so if you like the idea, I'd suggest sharing your thoughts and upvoting the idea too.
Let me know if you have any other questions on this!
