# Is there a way to display the total number of entries in a database?

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-the-total-number-of-entries-in-a-database/3218>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 18, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-the-total-number-of-entries-in-a-database/3218 "2022-02-18T07:35:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![pierocol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pierocol](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/pierocol)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-the-total-number-of-entries-in-a-database/3218/1 "2022-02-18T07:35:54Z")

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I have looked around extensively in the menu, googled, and browsed the documentation to no avail.

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-the-total-number-of-entries-in-a-database/3218/2 "2022-02-18T09:02:43Z")

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JabRef 5.6–2022-01-30–8ca6b7f  
Windows 10 10.0 amd64  
Java 16.0.2  
JavaFX 17.0.2-ea+3

Here:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/2X/b/be49c43f80e39f1a4e8922616a5c84271b64669f.png)

Not sure if this feature is any different, if you use remote shared databases, but it definitely works for local environments.

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**Author:** ![pierocol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pierocol](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/pierocol)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-display-the-total-number-of-entries-in-a-database/3218/3 "2022-02-18T09:23:16Z")

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thanks. It is what I need