# How to make download button

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 24, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012 "2022-03-24T06:00:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![atek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/atek/32/27649_2.png) [@atek](https://community.glideapps.com/u/atek)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/1 "2022-03-24T06:00:49Z")

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I have a file in google drive. I want to make a button for download, when press it should download the file. Any suggestion or help how it will work.

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/2 "2022-03-24T06:01:50Z")

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in Glide??? from Google Drive???

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**Author:** ![atek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/atek/32/27649_2.png) [@atek](https://community.glideapps.com/u/atek)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/3 "2022-03-24T06:05:00Z")

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yes

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/4 "2022-03-24T06:06:24Z")

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you can’t access google drive from outside your account…  
you can save links to your drive items in google sheets… and get them from there

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**Author:** ![atek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/atek/32/27649_2.png) [@atek](https://community.glideapps.com/u/atek)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/5 "2022-03-24T06:08:37Z")

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any other way so that user can download file?

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/6 "2022-03-24T06:14:13Z")

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use file picker component if you have files on your computer

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**Author:** ![atek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/atek/32/27649_2.png) [@atek](https://community.glideapps.com/u/atek)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/7 "2022-03-24T06:16:53Z")

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yes i have file on my computer, i tried it before but its not showing process has it upload the file or not?. Its 14MB, no process bar seen when uploading the file from my computer (file picker)

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/8 "2022-03-24T06:18:23Z")

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Do you have still available file storage for that upload in Glide? you have only 100MB in a free app) What kind of file? maybe the format is not supported…

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-make-download-button/40012/9 "2022-03-24T23:38:26Z")

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That’s weird. Can you reproduce that behaviour in a video?