Why are SharePoint folders no longer appearing in search results? #M365AMA
In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:
“Have you noticed that folders are no longer appearing in searches? We’ve suddenly encountered an issue where, for example, searching for “Mouse” only displays related files, not the relevant folders, despite there being precisely one folder named “Mouse” (just an example). Are you experiencing the same problem? Is there a solution?”
Check out the discussion here:
Participating in this discussion were:
- Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet
- Joy Apple, MVP @JoyOfSharePoint
- Jonathan Weaver, MVP @j_weaver74
- Kirsty McGrath, MVP @KirstyMcGrath13
- Hal Hostetler, MVP @TVWizard
Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:
- There was a community question posted that shows that this may have been related to a service incident: Sharepoint Searching not showing folders [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/sharepoint-searching-not-showing-folders/1a67a9b0-dbb9-4aaf-92d0-c97a1239759f]
- For broader missing content issues, check out: Search results missing in SharePoint Online [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/search/search-results-missing]
