How to sort files by date downloaded

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Related 3. Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Ask Ubuntu works best with JavaScript enabled. Posted 24 April - AM Hey guys, I downloaded some file off the net on two days [Friday and yesterday] all into one folder. Posted 24 April - AM Why are you not using the "date modified" column for sort order that shows up in File Explorer by default. Posted 24 April - AM When you add new columns to the Explorer window, they will be added to the right as shown by the green arrow in the screenshot below.

Edited by Agouti, 24 April - AM. Posted 24 April - AM mystic Posted 24 April - AM Please see attached screenshot, I am not seeing a 'date modified ' option in explorer.

Posted 24 April - AM Well, you were not explicit about being in music folders, which have different display defaults. Posted 24 April - AM let me go in slomo here, bear with me please, this is what I am seeing when I right click on the 'title' in the header, please advise me from there?

Posted 24 April - AM mystic12, it's not your doing that the folder is showing these columns. Posted 24 April - AM Yes, and you see blue checkboxes, checked, next to each and every column that's shown in your header row with the exception of "Name", which must be shown. You will now have "Date Modified" showing where "Date Received" had been. Posted 24 April - AM The point I was trying to make is Windows automatically "optimizes" the folder based on the type of files in it.

Posted 24 April - AM Ok but not seeing how to get to that 'download properties' box to select the General option? Posted 24 April - AM Right-click on the folder. Select Properties. Click the Customize tab. Click in the box under Optimize this folder for: Select General Items.

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Then you can select a specific date to view the files in a single day. Or you can select a date range by clicking and holding your left mouse button on the start date and dragging to the end date. You can also type a time range in Search Box, e. However, if the calendar widget is not visible when you type datemodified: in Search Box, then your computer may not include datemodified search feature in the Search Box.

Since Windows 10 build , this feature was removed. But you can still evoke it and find files by date modified in Windows Check how to do it below. Choose a preferred time range like This Week. The Search Box will show your choice. If you want to choose a specific date or date range, you can click anywhere on the text in the Search Box after the colon, and the calendar will pop up.