---
title: The Files tab
type: reference
section: spaces
summary: Files lists everything in the channel's file store, newest first, with a download control on each file that has one.
applies_to:
  clients: [web]
sources:
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/files/team-chat-files-view.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/files/use-room-files.ts
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/chrome/room-header.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/app/api/team-chat/rooms/[roomId]/files/route.ts
  - evolve-front-end/app/i18n/locales/en/team-chat.json
verified:
  at: 2026-09-04
  env: code
  by: content-lane-spaces
ttl_days: 45
related: [spaces/share-a-file, spaces/you-cannot-see-the-files-tab, spaces/search-in-spaces]
aliases: [team-chat/files, spaces/room-files]
---

**Files** is the fourth tab in a channel header. It lists the channel's files, newest first, each with its name and the date it arrived, and a download control on every file that has one. Its address is the channel URL with `?view=files`, so you can link straight to it.

The tab is read-only. Files arrive by being shared in the channel; see [Share a file in a channel](/help/spaces/share-a-file). There is no upload, rename, move, delete, or folder control here, and no filter, sort, or search box.

## What is listed and what is not

Everything in the channel's own file store is listed, whether it came from a message or was placed there by the platform. A file whose bytes are gone, whose scan has not cleared, or whose original message is no longer readable is left out rather than shown as broken. Rows without a downloadable attachment behind them appear as plain entries with no download control.

Anybody who can read the channel's messages can list and download its files. There is no separate permission and no setting to turn the tab on or off.

## Paging

Files load 50 at a time. **Load more files** fetches the next 50.

## States

- **Loading files…** while the list is being read.
- **No files yet** when the channel has never taken a file.
- **Files could not be loaded.** with **Retry** when the read failed.

## Finding a file by name

The tab has no search. Use the Spaces search panel instead, which has a **Files** result type. See [Search in Spaces](/help/spaces/search-in-spaces).

## Related

- [Share a file in a channel](/help/spaces/share-a-file)
- [You cannot see the Files tab](/help/spaces/you-cannot-see-the-files-tab)
- [Search in Spaces](/help/spaces/search-in-spaces)