In the dialog box that opens, you’ll see the names of all the files along with other metadata.In the Folder dialog box, enter the folder path, or use the browse button to locate it.Hover the cursor on the ‘From File’ option and click on ‘From Folder’.In the Get & Transform group, click on New Query.Here are the steps to get a list of all the file names from a folder: Now let’s see how to get a list of all the files names from a folder and sub-folders within it. You can use the same for Excel 20 as well. Since I am using Excel 2016, all the snapshots and written steps are for Excel 2016. Get a List of File Names from Folders & Sub-folders The above steps would install and activate the Power Query for your Excel. Close the Excel Application and restart Excel.In the list of available add-ins, select Power Query and click OK.From the Manage drop-down, select COM Add-ins, and click on Go.In the ‘Excel Options’ dialog box, click on Add-in in the left pane.If you see a Power Query tab, skip the remaining steps.
Make sure you are downloading 32-bit if your Excel is 32-bit and 64 bit if your Excel is 64 bit. Click here to download the Power Query add-in.Note that Power Query and Get & Transform refer to the same thing.įor Excel 2010/2013, you need to install the Power Query add-in to use it (steps described below). You will find all the Power Query options in the Get & Transform category in the Data tab. If you’re using Excel 2016, you don’t need to do anything extra. However, the limitation of that method is that it can only get the file names from a folder, and not from the sub-folders within the main folder.īut you can do this using Power Query (‘Get & Transform’ if you’re using Excel 2016 or later versions). In that tutorial, I showed various ways to get the list of file names from a folder (using the FILE function and VBA). Some time ago I wrote an Excel Tutorial about getting a list of file names from a folder in Excel. Watch Video – Get a List of File Names from Folders & Sub-folders
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