# File Download DB URL?

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**Created:** [January 28, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/file-download-db-url/8461 "2021-01-28T08:37:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/file-download-db-url/8461/3 "2021-01-28T16:06:29Z")

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Hi, you can link directly to a file but it is not a download as such. It will open the file in the browser and then people can save it wherever they want to.

To do this, add a button to the list where you want to download a file, then add an action to the button. The action should be…

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/3/3e6c68464261d8284157936159683f36c16e5dd1.png)

Then click the magic text button and select the following options (in this instance I have a room with a file as an example but yours would be whatever collection you have).

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/8/82650d5609ece16ed52445bd333a10cbbcc056dd.png)

Now when you click the button it will open your file in the in-app browser.

If you want open it in a different browser then click advanced option and it will allow you to turn this off and it will open it in the default device browser.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/d/d923910bf8607cb88e8ee9121cbadc7e5d46a47c.png)

Please mark this as the solution if it works for you and feel free to ask any questions.

Cheers  
Craig

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