# Search for renamed file or file that has been moved

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/search-for-renamed-file-or-file-that-has-been-moved/57425>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/search-for-renamed-file-or-file-that-has-been-moved/57425 "2020-07-22T21:08:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarlSchulz](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@CarlSchulz](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/CarlSchulz)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/search-for-renamed-file-or-file-that-has-been-moved/57425/1 "2020-07-22T21:08:03Z")

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I am trying to set up a SMARTGROUP for files that have changed within a period. Selecting DATE MODIFIED does not return files that have been renamed or moved (or I think that have any meta data updates).

Is there a way to find these files?

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/search-for-renamed-file-or-file-that-has-been-moved/57425/2 "2020-07-23T07:13:54Z")

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This isn’t possible right now, the modification date is only updated after editing the contents.

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**Author:** ![CarlSchulz](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@CarlSchulz](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/CarlSchulz)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/search-for-renamed-file-or-file-that-has-been-moved/57425/3 "2020-08-02T11:22:56Z")

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Thank you. Can this be added as a future item for consideration?

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/search-for-renamed-file-or-file-that-has-been-moved/57425/4 "2020-08-03T09:53:20Z")

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Maybe we’ll add an option to a future release but so far it’s the only request of this kind.