# Is there a way to find actor by OFPA ExternalActor file name/path?

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**Category:** World Creation\
**Tags:** actor, files, One-File-Per-Actor, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-actor-by-ofpa-externalactor-file-name-path/1306244 "2023-09-21T09:57:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![OneNot](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/onenot/32/746410_2.png) [@OneNot](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/OneNot)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-actor-by-ofpa-externalactor-file-name-path/1306244/1 "2023-09-21T09:57:15Z")

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Is there any way to find out what actor a particular ExternalActor OFPA file belongs to just by the file name/path?

In my case, I see from the output log that three OFPA files have malformed tags, but I have no idea which actors they are. I could find the files and delete them via Windows Explorer, but I’d prefer to know what I’m deleting first…

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**Author:** ![ernest\_darewise](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ernest\_darewise](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ernest_darewise)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-actor-by-ofpa-externalactor-file-name-path/1306244/2 "2024-01-17T16:22:17Z")

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Hi, I think you can search for it from the unreal editor inside the World Outliner Window, it should match the “Package Short Name” column.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-actor-by-ofpa-externalactor-file-name-path/1306244/3 "2025-01-21T11:39:42Z")

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