Hide file extensions in document name in SharePoint online

Question

I am trying to hide the file extensions of our documents in the Name field in our document library. I've read this post that says you can use JSON, but it will make it so you can no longer click on the name to open it. That wouldn't work for us. Is there any way to do this? It seems like it should be a simple thing. Thank you.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/75cca0ce-a4e2-4428-89d2-dcd998aa9f4f/hiding-file-extension-in-sharepoint-online-document-library?forum=onlineservicessharepoint

Answer 1

Hey @Matthew Wolcott

Please follow the steps to hide the .extensions:

1: Open your Document Library

**2: Click the dropdown on the Name Column > Column Settings > Format this Column **

3: Under Format Columns > Choose Column > Name > Click Advanced Mode

4: Add the JSON Structure below to the textarea cited from https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/75cca0ce-a4e2-4428-89d2-dcd998aa9f4f/hiding-file-extension-in-sharepoint-online-document-library?forum=onlineservicessharepoint > Press Save

{  
   "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",  
   "elmType": "div",  
   "txtContent": "=if(indexOf('@currentField','.') > 0,substring('@currentField',0,indexOf('@currentField','.')),'@currentField')"  
}  

The file extensions should now be gone (TestJSON.json is now TestJSON below)

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