---
title: "Auto-Populate the Title Column with the File Name"
description: "How to automatically fill the Title column with a document's file name in a SharePoint library using Vitextra Document Auto Title — enable the site feature and configure options."
url: https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10024
language: en
published: 2021-01-26
modified: 2026-10-10
products:
  - "Document Auto Title"
author: "Lidija Reising"
tags: ["Document Auto Title", "auto-populate Title column SharePoint", "set Title from file name", "SharePoint document library Title", "Vitextra Document Auto Title", "event receiver Title", "exclude file extension", "auto fill Title"]
---

# Auto-Populate the Title Column with the File Name

How to automatically fill the Title column with a document's file name in a SharePoint library using Vitextra Document Auto Title — enable the site feature and configure options.

This article describes how to automatically populate the Title column with the file name when a document is uploaded or edited.

## Introduction

The Vitextra [Document Auto Title](https://vitextra.com/en/products/document-auto-title) product automatically populates the Title field in a SharePoint document library.

📝 **Note**  
Auto-population can be enabled only for a document library.

## Prerequisites

To use auto-population in a document library, activate the **Vitextra: Document Auto Title** site feature.
Go to **Site Settings → Manage site features** and click **Activate** next to the feature:

![Document Auto Title site feature](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10024/document-auto-title-site-feature.png)
*Document Auto Title site feature*

## Activate Auto-Population

Open the document library and go to **Library → Settings**:

![Library Settings](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10024/library-settings.png)
*Library Settings*

Click **Document Auto Title** under the **General Settings** heading:

![Document Auto Title menu item](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10024/library-document-auto-title.png)
*Document Auto Title menu item*

### Settings

Select **Enable** to turn on auto-population. You can also choose additional options, such as excluding the file extension and updating the Title column when a document is edited:

![Document Auto Title Settings](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10024/document-auto-title-list-settings.png)
*Document Auto Title Settings*

📝 **Note**  
Document Auto Title is based on SharePoint event receivers and doesn't rely on the workflow engine. This improves performance and avoids creating unnecessary artifacts such as workflow tasks and history list items.

When Document Auto Title is enabled, the Title column is populated automatically as soon as a document is uploaded:

![Document Auto Title](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10024/document-auto-title-result.png)
*Document Auto Title*