W3cubDocs

/Web APIs

File: name property

Returns the name of the file represented by a File object. For security reasons, the path is excluded from this property.

Value

A string, containing the name of the file without path, such as "My Resume.rtf".

Examples

HTML

html

<input type="file" id="filepicker" multiple />
<div>
  <p>List of selected files:</p>
  <ul id="output"></ul>
</div>

JavaScript

js

const output = document.getElementById("output");
const filepicker = document.getElementById("filepicker");

filepicker.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
  const files = event.target.files;
  output.textContent = "";

  for (const file of files) {
    const li = document.createElement("li");
    li.textContent = file.name;
    output.appendChild(li);
  }
});

Result

Specifications

Specification
File API
# dfn-name

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
name 13 12 3.6 10 ≤15 8 ≤37 18 4 ≤14 8 1.0

See also

© 2005–2023 MDN contributors.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File/name