Add File Size to Teams
For February we are diving into Microsoft Teams with many of our internal uses, workflows, and managing presentation files and projects with Teams/SharePoint. We are starting the month with one of those annoyances of viewing folders and files within Teams, because the file size is not turned on by default (ugh!).
Microsoft Teams offers many options in its’ directory columns beyond the default view. These can help organize and categorize file information, making daily Teams use easier and more intuitive. As an example, one of the directory options we turn on for virtually every project is showing file sizes. To add a column which displays each file’s size is a simple process.
- Within the Teams directory, to the right of the column titles, select + Add column to reveal the Create a column
- In the lower left of this panel, select to Show or hide columns.
- The Edit view columns panel will appear on the right. The current visible columns will be checked and at the top of the list. Scroll down to find the File Size
Check the File Size box to show (or uncheck to hide)
- Don’t forget to click Apply at the top.
- That’s it! Your File Size column is now live and will display each file’s size (NOTE: individual files have size, but folders do not).
Look through the display options as other options may be helpful.
TIP: Columns can be rearranged to your preference by simple drag-and-drop (just click and drag any column name to move to desired position and unclick to “drop”). Everyone accessing the Teams folder will see the new columns, in the order you setup. And unfortunately, we have not found a way to apply this view to all folders by default…
Mike @ TLC