# Single File vs. Multiple Files

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-file-vs-multiple-files/80472>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [March 4, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-file-vs-multiple-files/80472 "2025-03-04T07:36:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Simon\_Hill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/simon_hill/32/94730_2.png) [@Simon\_Hill](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Simon_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-file-vs-multiple-files/80472/1 "2025-03-04T07:36:56Z")

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This is small, but I would like to propose that we add a column option called Single File to the list of Basic column types.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/d/8dad8d2d9a574a20124bb27820786837d1ad5b62.png)

Experienced Gliders will instinctively know that you should use a URL column for a single file. However, I doubt this is obvious for new users. To me it seems sensible to have 2 options: Single and Multiple types even if the Single option simply creates a URL type column. This makes further sense when using the file picker component since you would expect this to be linked to a File column (multi or single vs. a URL).

I’m eating humble pie since I have created quite a significant App and the files were stored using a Multi file column - I had wrongly assumed that the single file option was no longer available. I had forgotten the URL column was required.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-file-vs-multiple-files/80472/2 "2025-03-04T08:15:40Z")

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hehe, it’s a fair request.  
This probably falls into the category of “once you know, you know” 🙂

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Hill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/simon_hill/32/94730_2.png) [@Simon\_Hill](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Simon_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-file-vs-multiple-files/80472/3 "2025-03-04T08:28:32Z")

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Well yes and no. The precedent has been set with images.

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**Author:** ![Mazen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mazen/32/84042_2.png) [@Mazen](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mazen)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-file-vs-multiple-files/80472/4 "2025-05-08T23:13:28Z")

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I dont know what do u want to use but a random fact, an image column can take a pdf.

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**Author:** ![Victor\_Ramos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/victor_ramos/32/82084_2.png) [@Victor\_Ramos](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Victor_Ramos)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/single-file-vs-multiple-files/80472/5 "2025-08-05T20:25:43Z")

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> [@Simon\_Hill](#):
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> Experienced Gliders will instinctively know that you should use a URL column for a single file.

yeah that saved me. thanks! haha