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"labels" in the left navigation pane
Hi, Can anyone advise me if it is possible to add labels in bulk to libraries? What I am asking badly is....I have over a hundred libraries on a site and they need labels adding to them so they are "grouped" in categories. Some of the labels need applying to several libraries. I have been doing smaller sites manually but the bigger ones will be very tedious and time consuming. I hope that makes sense?
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Unfortunately, this is not possible out of the box (OOTB) in SharePoint. If you're looking to add UI labels purely to group libraries together, there isn't a native feature that allows you to apply grouping labels to document libraries.
Some alternative approaches are:
- Rename libraries using a convention such as "Label | Library Name".
- Create headings/labels in the left navigation and place the relevant library links underneath each heading to create logical groupings.
- Add Quick Links on the site home page and organize libraries by category there.
These approaches can help with navigation and grouping, but there is currently no OOTB method to apply display labels to libraries and automatically group them.
