How to Copy File Names to Excel

Getting a list of filenames into a spreadsheet is useful for inventory tracking, creating a file index for a client or team, cross-checking against a database, or simply documenting what's in a folder before an archive or cleanup. Manually typing out filenames is slow and invites typos, especially once a folder has more than a handful of files.

Rather than copying filenames one at a time, a bulk file management tool can read every filename in a folder and export the full list directly into a spreadsheet-ready format in one step.

1. Install Batchify Renaming Tool on your Windows PC.
2. Open the app and load the folder containing the files whose names you want in Excel.
3. Enable "Include Subfolders" if you want filenames from nested folders included as well.
4. Click Export Only instead of applying a rename rule.
5. Choose XLSX as the export format, and select whether to include original names, renamed names, or both as separate columns.
6. Open the generated XLSX file directly in Excel, with every filename already listed in its own row.

• Exports directly to XLSX, ready to open in Excel without extra conversion steps
• Captures every filename in a folder, including nested sub-folders if enabled
• Can include both original and renamed filenames as separate columns side by side
• Works as a standalone export, without requiring any renaming to take place first
• Runs fully offline, so your file listing never leaves your computer
• Handles large folders without manual copy-paste effort