How to create folders and subfolders from cell values in Excel?
Have you ever tried to create multiple folders and subfolders based on cell values in Excel? This article will help you to create multiple folders and subfolders at once from list of cell values.
Create folders based on cell values with Kutools for Excel
Create folders and subfolders based on cell values with Kutools for Excel
Create folders based on cell values with Kutools for Exce
If you just want to create folders from a list of cell values, the Kutools for Excel’s Create Folders from Cell Contents may help you to create folders quickly and easily.
After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as follows:
1. Select the cell values that you want to create folders based on.
2. Then click Kutools Plus > Import & Export > Create Folders from Cell Contents, see screenshot:
3. In the Create Folders from Cell Contents dialog box, please click button to select a directory to put the created folders, see screenshot:
4. Then click Ok button, all folders have been created based on the cell values into the specified directory, see screenshot:
Create folders and subfolders based on cell values with Kutools for Excel
With the Create Folders from Cell Contents utility, you can also create both folders and subfolders based on the cell contents.
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First, you need to type the cell contents into the cells separated by the slash sign which you need to create the folders and subfolders based on, see the following screenshot shown:
Then you can apply the Create Folders form Cell Contents feature to create the folders and subfolders.
1. Select the cell values that you want to create folders and subfolders based on.
2. Then click Kutools Plus > Import & Export > Create Folders from Cell Contents to open the Create Folders from Cell Contents dialog box.
3. In the dialog box, click button to select a directory to put the created folders and subfolders, see screenshot:
4. Then click Ok button, the folders and subfolders have been created at once based on the cell values, see screenshot:
Demo: Create folders and subfolders based on cell values with Kutools for Excel
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