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I tried to group files by date in File Explorer in Windows 10. This was how it looked:

Screenshot of File Explorer after grouping

But, I wanted it to be grouped date wise, like 21 Aug, 20 Aug, 19 Aug, etc. instead of Yesterday, Earlier this week, Last week, Earlier this month, Last month, Earlier this year and A long time ago.

How can I achieve what I want?

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  • If you want individual dates, you would need to show details and then sort in date order
    – anon
    Commented Aug 21, 2021 at 20:21
  • On the View tab of the ribbon select Group By button then choose (None).
    – user1292580
    Commented Aug 21, 2021 at 21:40
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    @user1292580: He asked how to group, not un-group.
    – Keith Miller
    Commented Aug 22, 2021 at 20:32
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    @Random Person: Thanks for suggested edit. I went with more concise instructions to avoid distracting from the essential details of my answer. Even Microsoft doesn't think all those screenshots are necessary: Show libraries in File Explorer
    – Keith Miller
    Commented Aug 22, 2021 at 20:38

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The easiet way to get the grouping you want is to create a Library for the top-level folders(s) that contain the files you're interested in. To create a new Library, right-click in the background of the Libraires folder and select New > Library. Then add your desired folders:

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Note: If the Libraries folder is not visible in the Navigation Pane, select the View tab, and then select Navigation pane > Show libraries.

Libraries offer additon viewing options for the contents of their source folders (and all their sub-folders). These are accessed by right-clicking in the Library background & accessing the Arrange by > sub-menu. The views offered vary by the Optimize this library for: setting. Regarless of the file type you are interested in, select Pictures. A Pictures library offers Month and Day views:

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The Month view presents Stacks, virtual folders of items grouped on a common property value, in this case, the month portioin of the date modified:

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When you open a month stack, only the items moidfied in that month are displayed, grouped by the date portion of Date Modifed:

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The Day view groups all the items by the date portion of Date Modified value (no intermediate stack):

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  • How to do this with a network share? -- When using the "hack" to include a network drive (tinsleynet.co.uk/2015/windows-10-library-folders), by "Day" shows "This folder is empty."
    – koppor
    Commented Dec 16, 2023 at 16:43
  • I don't know offhand. I only have my laptop for testing -- no nework. My guess would be that the Day view somehow relies on information from the index...
    – Keith Miller
    Commented Dec 16, 2023 at 22:48
  • The answer is available at superuser.com/q/1675272/138868 - one has to enable indexing for the network share.
    – koppor
    Commented Dec 17, 2023 at 5:09
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Xplorer2 can do it, but it's not free. It can even group by name similarities. enter image description here

digiKam can also group by years and months enter image description here

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  • Please add a description how to group by day. xplorer² seems to be able to group by date, which shows "Modified: This year", but does not distinguish days.
    – koppor
    Commented Dec 17, 2023 at 4:13
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Since you are already listing details on the View tab, look to the left of the Details option and change the Group by option to None. On the Sort by option, choose Date Modified and Descending. See screenshot.

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