So , you uploaded 100+ files to a Google Drive folder, you upload, you wait and now you want to confirm,. However, now there is no easy way to check that file count in the Google Folder,. While on Windows (or your OS of choice) there is a method to easily check the file count in said folder, in Google Drive folders there is not. Thus due to Google’s infinite wisdom of not supplying an OS equivalent Folder operation like “Count” for users, there are several “hacks” that we as users must perform in order to get the what one would think is an intrinsic property such as Folder Item Count,. Programmatically, this would be something like Folder.Items.Colunt or some other qualifier/property accessor.
Thus here we are, as users to implement a-round about way to access such property that should in a just world would simply be available from the Right Click / Context Menu!
Method 1:
- Right-click on a folder and select 'Download'. You'll often (but not always) see a count of the included files.
- Open a folder, scroll to the end of the list, type A to select all, choose 'More' and select 'Move to'. That will give you a total number of files, after which you can cancel the move.
- Control-click a folder to open in a new tab. The new tab will show the number of files, but only if there are less than 500.
Method 2 :
1. open the folder
2. repeatedly scroll down until you reach the end the folder. You can use the End key
3. select all the files using Shift+A
4. mouse over the "share" button to see the number of files: "share N items".
