# File upload restriction by type

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/file-upload-restriction-by-type/45077>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** object\
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/file-upload-restriction-by-type/45077 "2021-10-08T14:06:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BIfill](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bifill/32/29572_2.png) [@BIfill](https://community.hubspot.com/u/BIfill)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/file-upload-restriction-by-type/45077/1 "2021-10-08T14:06:59Z")

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For the file upload contact property, there should be an option to restrict the file uploads based on type. All other form builders allow this functionality.

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**Author:** ![MG9](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mg9/32/194973_2.png) [@MG9](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MG9)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/file-upload-restriction-by-type/45077/2 "2022-10-18T18:14:39Z")

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Considering you can upload anything, including exe and shell scripts, you’d think this would be important.