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title: "Search Drive File Names Add-on"
author: "Phil Bainbridge"
date: 2022-01-20T21:11:27+00:00
modified: 2022-01-20T21:11:32+00:00
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description: "It is easy to search for the names of files within Google Drive, but what happens when there are a lot of results that you need to go through?! Scrolling continuously down the page becomes quite clunky and frustrating, so with this tool you can perform that same search in a Google Sheet but have the results collated into the Sheet also, so they are much easier to then work with."
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# Search Drive File Names Add-on

![Search Drive File Names Add-on](https://pulse.appsscript.info/files/2022/01/Search-Drive-File-Names-Interface-2.png)

> An Add-on to perform a Google Drive file name search from within a Google Sheet to keep the file information saved for future use.
> Search Drive file names in Google Sheets

It is easy to search for the names of files within Google Drive, but what happens when there are a lot of results that you need to go through?! Scrolling continuously down the page becomes quite clunky and frustrating, so with this tool you can perform that same search in a Google Sheet but have the results collated into the Sheet also, so they are much easier to then work with.

This Google Sheet will contain:

- a clickable link to the file,
- the file type,
- the date it was created,
- when it was last updated,
- the folder path where it is stored,
- the ID of the file.

Source: *[The Gift of Script: Search Drive File Names Add-on*](https://www.pbainbridge.co.uk/p/search-drive-file-names-add-on.html)

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*Published by [Phil Bainbridge](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/author/phillipbainbridge/) on [Pulse](https://pulse.appsscript.info/). Original article: [https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2022/01/search-drive-file-names-add-on/](https://pulse.appsscript.info/p/2022/01/search-drive-file-names-add-on/)*