---
title: File.fileName
slug: Web/API/File/fileName
tags:
  - DOM
  - Files
translation_of: Web/API/File/fileName
---
<p>{{APIRef("File API")}}{{non-standard_header}}</p>

<p>{{deprecated_header(7.0)}}</p>

<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>

<p>Returns the name of the file. For security reasons the path is excluded from this property.</p>

<div class="note">This property is deprecated. Use {{domxref("File.name")}} instead.</div>

<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<pre>var name = instanceOfFile.fileName</pre>

<h2 id="Value">Value</h2>

<p>A string</p>

<h2 id="Specification" name="Specification">Specification</h2>

<p>Not part of any specification.</p>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>{{domxref("File.name")}}</li>
</ul>