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Shorten File Path Names

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Riley Jacops

Is there a way to automatically shorten file path names? I have hundreds of files that have long file path names and I am trying to upload them in File Explorer but their names are too long. I cannot manually adjust them because there are too many files that have long names and I tried to save them elsewhere but the issue persists. Has anyone run into this issue? If so, is there a way to automatically shorten file path names within the Box platform? I know other providers like Datasite have this capability, but hoping box has something similar that I can utilize. Thanks so much

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  • Rona
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    Hi Riley, 

    Welcome to Box Community and glad to assist!

    As of this writing, Box does not have this functionality where you can automatically shorten your file path(s).

    Instead, to shorten file path(s) you need to manually rename the folders with shorter names to reduce the number of characters.

    Thanks for posting! 

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