# Allowable File Types

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowable-file-types/50398
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2016年九月20日 16:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowable-file-types/50398 "2016-09-20T16:20:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Karin3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Karin3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karin3)
#### Post date: [2016年九月20日 16:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowable-file-types/50398/1 "2016-09-20T16:20:40Z")

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I’ve been checking out using Discourse for my small writers group. We need to be able to upload Word docs (.doc and ideally .docx as well) and .pdf files to share our work. I’ve been searching and see that these file types cannot be uploaded in Sandbox, Meta, and the default settings, but would we be able to set up our own Discourse board to allow those file types?

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [2016年九月20日 16:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowable-file-types/50398/2 "2016-09-20T16:25:17Z")

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Yes, you can enable extensions using the SiteSetting `authorized extensions`.

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [2016年九月20日 19:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowable-file-types/50398/3 "2016-09-20T19:31:36Z")

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