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Manage your project files

Learn how to import, rename and delete files
Peter Steidel avatar
Written by Peter Steidel. Updated over a week ago

Article overview:

  1. Upload files to your project

    1. Upload from your computer

    2. Upload from Google Drive or Dropbox

  2. Rename files in your project

  3. Delete files from your project

As a project collaborator, you can manage files in a project. You can upload files to a project, edit and delete their names. If you desire external partners and reviewers can upload files. You can manage this in reviewer settings.

Upload files to your project

Once you’ve created a new project, there are different ways to upload files. You can upload from your hard drive, Dropbox, or Google Drive.

Upload from your computer: 

  • Selecting the file from your hard drive

  1. Click on the Upload file icon (green up arrow).

  2. Select a file to upload either by clicking on browse your computer or drag and drop your file into the upload box

    • Optionally, choose in if and in which review step the review should start

  • Drag & Dropping the file:

  1. Select the file(s) from your computer

  2. Hold down and drag it into your project

    • The review will be automatically started in the first review step

Upload from Google Drive or Dropbox:

  1. Click on the Upload file icon (green up arrow).

  2. Choose either Google Drive or Dropbox

  3. Choose the file(s) you would like to upload.

    • Optionally, choose in if and in which review step the review should start

Rename files in your project

By default, Filestage displays the original name of an uploaded file. When you upload a new version, the file name gets automatically updated with the new version's name.

Example:

  • You upload a new file called “my_film_v1.mov”. The file name is “my_film_v1.mov”.

  • Now, you upload version 2 of this file called “my_film_v2_extended.mov”. We update the file name to “my_film_v2_extended.mov”.

How to override the file name, so it doesn't update to the latest version:

  1. Hover over a file name in your project overview

  2. Click on the file name

  3. Enter a new name

  4. Click on the green check mark or press the Enter key to confirm

    • Your file name will then stay the same, even after you upload a new version.

How to reset your file name to the latest version:

  1. Click on the three dots next to the file name

  2. Select Reset file name

    • The file name will be updated to match the next time you upload a new version.

Delete files from your project

If you’ve made a mistake and uploaded the wrong file, or if the file is outdated and you don't care to have the file history, you can delete a file from a project.

To delete a file, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the three-point menu on the right side of your file.

  2. Click on Delete version x to remove the latest version or select delete all versions to remove all versions of the file

  3. Confirm your selection.

⚠️ Please note: Deleting a file irretrievably deletes all versions, comments and shares. For security reasons, a once-deleted file is completely removed from our system. It is not possible to recover deleted files.

💡 What's next? Once you understand how to manage your project files, see how to manage different versions of a file.

Let us know if you have any questions by reaching out to us on chat or emailing us at support@filestage.io We're always happy to help!

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