# Download pop up from dashboard
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/download-pop-up-from-dashboard/40851
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [12 February 2021 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/download-pop-up-from-dashboard/40851 "2021-02-12T06:19:32Z")
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### Author:  [@willdelish](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/willdelish)
#### Post date: [12 February 2021 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/download-pop-up-from-dashboard/40851/1 "2021-02-12T06:19:33Z")
Hey folks, I've been deep diving into node red for the last few weeks and I'm really enjoying it. I had built an electron app for my team, but it was a little too much upkeep and complexity for the stuff I was doing. One feature I'm having a hard time though is getting downloading setup.
I have users drag and drop excel / csv files, display data, edit and in the end download it. We have to save files in multiple locations, so trigging the save popup is nice. What would be a recommended way to go about this? [I have read this post here](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-download-a-file-from-dashboard/35661/3) and tried it out. Not a fan of right-clicking save-as on a hyperlink. Is there an alternative option?
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### Author:  [@willdelish](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/willdelish)
#### Post date: [14 February 2021 23:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/download-pop-up-from-dashboard/40851/2 "2021-02-14T23:32:02Z")
I found the answer I was looking for! I used [this code example](https://flows.nodered.org/flow/db68bd4934cf46f39e6e453a348bc419), but just added to the download="file\_name". This pops up the normal web browser "download file".
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [28 February 2021 23:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/download-pop-up-from-dashboard/40851/3 "2021-02-28T23:32:31Z")
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