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TTBATL
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago
Status:
Closed

Dropbox online - number of subfolders and files in a folder, like file explorer shows

Hi,

I've been using Dropbox for quite awhile but am new to the Community discussions.

I've searched the Community for an answer to my question, but have not found one that answers the full issue.  I'd like to have information in my online Dropbox that shows for any folder (1) the count of the number of subfolders under it and (2) the total number of files under that main folder including all files in the subfolders.  This is the same information given by File Explorer for folders on the computer.

It would help considerably as I'm uploading a lot of data to Dropbox, and I want to compare to make certain everything gets uploaded.

If this is not available currently, is there a feature request for it?

Thank you so much.

   

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  • aferraro's avatar
    aferraro
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    I would also like to see this feature implemented

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Gathering Support
    to
    Not for right now

    Thank you for your idea, while we can’t take every idea forward we do regularly re-review and will update you if anything changes!

  • PicturePie's avatar
    PicturePie
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    I support all users here and confirm this basic feature is sorely needed. Give us the transparancy we need. 

    We need to be able to see the amount of files in a folder - with subfolders, without ctrl+A. We should be able to choose to have more than 3 columns displayed with number of items as a colum like RebelPhil says. Thirdly, this infirmation should carry over into integrations (we're programming via dropbox API and need this information in our management system). Again thanks Rebelphil. 

     

    Please make this work! 

     

    Pieter

  • impracticaldogg 's avatar
    impracticaldogg
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    The website only provides a calculation of folder size, and not number of files in a folder. Since uploading several external hard drives of data I need to verify that it is all securely stored. Number of files should be implemented as an optional calculation.

     

    Given the vast amount of files we have and the feature of "cloud only" storage this cannot simply be done on local storage. This issue has been raised a number of times over the years! It has recently been closed without being resolved ("has come to the end of the process..").

     

    Please support, everyone 🙂

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    3 years ago
    Status changed:
    Not for right now
    to
    Closed
    This idea has been closed as it has reached the end of the Share an Idea process.