I tried to group files by date in File Explorer in Windows 10. This was how it looked:
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?
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:
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:
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:
When you open a month stack, only the items moidfied in that month are displayed, grouped by the date portion of Date Modifed:
The Day view groups all the items by the date portion of Date Modified value (no intermediate stack):
Xplorer2 can do it, but it's not free. It can even group by name similarities.
digiKam can also group by years and months
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.
