File: name property

Note:This feature is available inWeb Workers.

Thenameread-only property of theFileinterface returns the name of the file represented by aFileobject. 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

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See also