How to insert file name or path into cell / header or footer in Excel?

Word displays the filename and path in this document's header. Unfortunately, if you save the file using a different name, you must update the field manually to display the new name. Open the document.Double click on the Footer or Footer area. Go to spot where you want your new information, probably above any existing footer. File Name and Path where to find the document on your computer. Word for the web doesn't support adding file names and other document properties to a header or footer. Select Open in Word to open your document in the desktop version of Word if you have it and follow the steps here on the Windows tab. Double-click the header area to open it in edit mode and position the cursor where you want to display the filename. In Word 2003, choose Header And Footer from the View menu. Click the Insert tab.

Supposing you want to insert the file name or file path into Excel cell, header or footer, how could you quickly do this operation?

Insert current file name or path in cell / header or footer with Kutools for Excel

Insert current file name or path in a cell with Formula

With the following formulas, you can quickly insert file name or path or sheetname in a speicfied cell.

Notes:

1. Copy any above formula that you need to a specified cell, and you will get the result you need.

2. The opend workbook must have been saved.

Insert current file name or path in header/footer with Header & Footer function

If you want to insert the filename or filepath into the wotksheet header or footer, you can use the Header & Footer function.

1. On the Ribbon, click Insert > Header & Footer.

2. There will be three editing box in the Header or Footer section, click left, center or ringht box that you want to insert the filename or path. Then under the Design tab, click File Path, File Name or Sheet Name that you need to insert. See screenshot:

Then click any cell, and you can see the file path or name or sheet name has been inserted into the header ot footer. See screenshots:

Insert current file name or path in cell / header or footer with Kutools for Excel

Kutools for Excel’s Insert Workbook Information is a mutifunctional tool, it can help you insert worksheet name, workbook name, workbook path or workbook path & name into the Excel cells, header or footer quickly and conveniently.

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:(Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)

1. Click Kutools Plus > Workbook Tools > Insert Workbook Information, see screenshot:

2. In the Insert Workbook Information dialog box, choose the workbook information you want to insert from left pane, and then select the place where you want to insert the information at. See screenshot:

3. Then click OK. If you insert the wotkbook information into a cell, you will get the result as follows:

If you insert the workbook information into the header or footer, you can choose the location where you want to insert the information into, Left, Right or Center. And you can preview the header or footer from View > Page Layout.

To know more about this feature, please visit Insert Workbook Information.

Insert Workbook Information

Tip.If you want to insert multiple blank rows or columns in every nth row, please try to use the Kutools for Excel’s Insert Blank Rows & Columns as shown in the following screenshot. It’s full function without limitation in 60 days, please download and have a free trial now.

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  Is there an automated way to pass the current Excel filename (no file path, no extension) to the current worksheet name?
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  Is it possible to turn a file path in an excel print title into a clickable hyperlink? I would like to publish the excel file as a pdf with a clickable hyperlink in the footer.
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  Hi
  I have about 90 workbooks, and in each workbook i have 5 sheets, i want to put in a new column in every sheet across these workbooks to input the year.
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  Hi, correct formula for filename without path is:
  =MID((CELL('filename'));((SEARCH('[';(CELL('filename'))))+1);((SEARCH(']';(CELL('filename'))))-((SEARCH('[';(CELL('filename'))))+1)))
  (semicolon in MID and SEARCH funtions, and -1 --> +1 at the end)
  bye

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    For filename without extension:
    =MID(CELL('filename'),SEARCH('[',CELL('filename'))+1,SEARCH(']',CELL('filename'))-SEARCH('[',CELL('filename'))-5)
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    This gives an error.

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      shouldn't be 6?

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        -6 was the correct for me on MS Office 2016 :)
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        On mine it works well. However, it finishes with a '.' at the end. If you put 6 instead it will return without the '.'. It basically works counting the characters which '+1' in the formula is the first character and the '-5' is the amount of characters that are not showing counting from the front. So, if you want to catch only the middle characters eg. (XXXXX from a document named ZZ-YY-WW-XXXXX from a extension .xlsm) you can input as per below:
        =MID(CELL('filename'),SEARCH('[',CELL('filename'))+10,SEARCH(']',CELL('filename'))-SEARCH('[',CELL('filename'))-15)
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  when i am using this function in excel 1 (this is the filename) , and then i open excel 2, the cell in excel 1 changes from 'excel 1' to 'excel 2'.
  Please advise, how to prevent this.

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    Yes, I am having the same problem, this formula seems to point to a variable that is not tied to the actual spreadsheet of the cell the formula exists in but instead to the currently selected spreadsheet or similar.

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      I have the same problem when opening a different excel document. Is there a way to leave the file name with the current file?

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        You prolly already found this solution. But I figured I'd add it for any future searchers. :-)
        Simply add the third option, the 'A1' reference, to each of the CELL functions as follows:
        =CELL('filename',A1)
        =SUBSTITUTE( LEFT(CELL('filename',A1),FIND(']',CELL('filename',A1))-1),'[',')
        =MID(CELL('filename',A1),SEARCH('[',CELL('filename',A1))+1, SEARCH(']',CELL('filename',A1))-SEARCH('[',CELL('filename',A1))-1)

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Quickly insert file name and file path into cell, header or footer in Excel

Sometimes, we may need to inserting current Excel file (workbook) name, the file saving path and worksheet name in a cell, header or footer in Excel. Normally, we have to use formulas to insert workbook name, worksheet name or the file saving path into a cell, and if we need to insert that information into the header or footer, we should use Header & Footer function. That's too complicated! But with Kutools for Excel's Insert Workbook Information utility, we can insert current file information (such as current worksheet name, file name, file saving path, user name, current date and time and so on) into a cell, header or footer in Excel quickly.

Insert workbook name, the file saving path, worksheet name or user name into a cell, header or footer

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Insert workbook name, the file saving path or, worksheet name or user name into a cell, header or footer

In the Insert Workbook Information dialog box, specify information you want to insert from Information, and then choosing the position that you want to insert the information into, you can specify to insert the workbook information to a Range, Header or Footer.

For example, I will insert the workbook path & name in header of the worksheet as follows:

1. In the Insert Workbook Information dialog box, check the Workbook path & name from Information, and then choose Header from the Insert at, and you can specify Center, Left or Right of header to insert the workbook information at as well.

2. Then click Ok. The workbook saving path and workbook name have been inserted in the Header of current worksheet. You can preview it from View > Page Layout.

Note:

You can also insert the last saved or modified timestamp of a workbook in a cell, header or footer of current worksheet by selecting the Date modified option in the Insert Workbook Information dialog box

Demo: Quickly insert file name and file path into cell, header or footer in Excel

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