# Require File Approval

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-file-approval/367106
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** approval
**Created:** [May 21, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-file-approval/367106 "2025-05-21T19:34:31Z")
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### Author: ![DonBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@DonBot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DonBot)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-file-approval/367106/1 "2025-05-21T19:34:31Z")

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How can I require moderator approval for all posts that include a file (not an image)

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-file-approval/367106/2 "2025-05-28T15:01:37Z")

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I don’t think there’s a universal setting for that. 🤔

Though I think you can do this with the Require Approval option in Watched Words. If you target the file extension(s) with eg. `*.pdf` then I think that should send the matches to the review queue for approval.