Install FileUploadGPT
Free, no account, no payment, and about twenty seconds. It runs on a computer, not a phone.
Opens the official Chrome Web Store listing. No account, no payment.
What happens when you install it
- 1
Open the Chrome Web Store listing
The button above takes you there. It is the official listing, run by Google, not a download from us.
- 2
Click Add to Chrome, then Add extension
Chrome shows you what the extension can access before you confirm. Read it. Ours asks for ChatGPT and nothing else.
- 3
Open ChatGPT
Go to chatgpt.com as normal. The extension is now available from your toolbar whenever you are on that site.
- 4
Pick a file
Choose your document. It gets read in your browser, split into pieces ChatGPT will accept, and sent in order.
What it can access
An extension can read the pages it has permission for, so this is worth checking on any extension, not just ours. Here is the whole list for this one.
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| chatgpt.com | To put text into the message box and press send. Without this it can do nothing. |
| chat.openai.com | The older ChatGPT address, still in use. |
| activeTab | To act on the tab you are looking at when you click the extension. |
No access to other websites, no browsing history, and no server of ours for your file to go to. The document is read inside your browser and the text goes to ChatGPT, the same way it would if you pasted it yourself.
It will not work on a phone or tablet
Chrome on Android and iOS does not support extensions at all. That is a limitation of mobile Chrome rather than of this extension, and nothing can work around it. You need Chrome, Edge, Brave, or another Chromium browser on a laptop or desktop. If you are on a phone right now, send yourself this page and it will be waiting when you get to a computer.
If it does not appear after installing
- Reload the ChatGPT tab. Extensions do not attach to pages that were already open.
- Click the puzzle-piece icon in your toolbar and pin FileUploadGPT so it stays visible.
- Check you are on chatgpt.com or chat.openai.com. It does nothing anywhere else, by design.