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TrondGundersen
Jul 04, 2025Copper Contributor
Handling duplicate files in a Sharpoint library
Hi, I need some help regarding an issue I have in Sharepoint library. We have several libraries containing files (Word, Excel, PDF, PPT). Once these are in Approved status they are moved to a libra...
grant_jenkins
Jul 12, 2025Iron Contributor
TrondGundersen​ Unfortunately you can't have two files with the same name in the same level in a Document Library even if the metadata is different. The only way would be to use folders to separate your files so they could have the same name.
Folder 1
- Filename.docx
Folder 2
- Filename.docx