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Margie Kidd
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Aug 15, 2018
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Empty folders in SharePoint

Can anyone tell me how to identify SharePoint folders that have 0 files?
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  • Tom Castiglia's avatar
    Tom Castiglia
    Aug 15, 2018

    Hi Margie -

     

    There is a column in every library called Folder Child Count and Item Child Count.  If you add these columns to a view, you can see which folders contain sub-folders or documents.  (Item Child Count is for documents).

     

    Would this help?

     

    Regards,

    Tom Castiglia

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Tom Castiglia
Iron Contributor
Aug 15, 2018

Hi Margie -

 

There is a column in every library called Folder Child Count and Item Child Count.  If you add these columns to a view, you can see which folders contain sub-folders or documents.  (Item Child Count is for documents).

 

Would this help?

 

Regards,

Tom Castiglia

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