Here's the complete list of formats FilesDesk reads and renames on Windows and Mac, grouped by type. If your files are on this list, FilesDesk can name them for you based on what's inside.
FilesDesk looks at the actual content of a file and gives it a clear, consistent name. For most formats it reads the content straight off. For scanned images and photos, it uses OCR to read the text inside them first. Here's everything it handles today.
Documents
PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files. FilesDesk reads the text inside and names the file from its contents.
Text & data
Plain text, Markdown, and CSV data files, read directly.
Images
For scans and photos, FilesDesk uses OCR to read the text inside the image, so it can name the file by what's actually in it.
Audio
Common audio formats, named from their details.
Video
Common video formats, named from their details.
A quick note on scanned images. Reading text out of a scan or photo uses OCR, which runs on the cloud vision model. So naming images by their content happens on the cloud and uses a credit, just like any other AI suggestion. Documents and text files are read directly and can be handled offline through a local model.
Don't see your format?
The list above is what's supported right now, and it grows over time. If there's a format you'd like FilesDesk to handle, tell us and we'll take a look. You can also try the app on your own files first with the free credits, so you can see exactly how it names your kind of documents before you pay anything.
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Format questions, answered
What file formats does FilesDesk support?
FilesDesk renames documents (.pdf, .doc, .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .rtf), text and data files (.txt, .md, .csv), images (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .webp, .svg), audio (.mp3, .wav, .flac, .aac, .m4a), and video (.mp4, .mov, .avi, .mkv, .webm) on Windows and Mac.
Does FilesDesk support video files?
Yes. It handles common video formats, including .mp4, .mov, .avi, .mkv, and .webm.
Does FilesDesk support audio files?
Yes. It handles common audio formats, including .mp3, .wav, .flac, .aac, and .m4a.
Can FilesDesk rename scanned images and photos?
Yes. For images, FilesDesk uses OCR through its cloud vision model to read the text inside a scan or photo, so the file gets named for what it actually contains. Because OCR runs on the cloud model, it uses the cloud and costs a credit like any other suggestion.
Does FilesDesk work with PDF, Word, and Excel files?
Yes. It reads PDF, Word (.doc, .docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), and Excel (.xlsx) files directly and renames them based on their content.
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