# 🆕 Option: Keep file name when uploading for File Picker

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-keep-file-name-when-uploading-for-file-picker/41975>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 15, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-keep-file-name-when-uploading-for-file-picker/41975 "2022-05-15T03:31:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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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:** [May 15, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-keep-file-name-when-uploading-for-file-picker/41975/1 "2022-05-15T03:31:01Z")

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We have a new option in the file picker component to keep file name when uploading.

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**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-keep-file-name-when-uploading-for-file-picker/41975/2 "2022-05-15T13:53:49Z")

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Nice touch 👌

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-keep-file-name-when-uploading-for-file-picker/41975/3 "2022-05-15T17:54:14Z")

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Nice! I saw this a while ago and didn’t realize it was a new feature.

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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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/option-keep-file-name-when-uploading-for-file-picker/41975/4 "2022-05-15T23:37:44Z")

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We can have some use cases for this, like passing the file name to an external service to keep the context going, if we plan to re-upload the file somewhere else.