<p>Under the asset settings, if you change "Where do you want to store temporary asset uploads?"</p>

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<p>The Temporary Uploads folders will no longer appear.</p>

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2019-09-11T21:21:41.610Z
2019-09-11T21:21:41.610Z
Garv
<p>Each user account gets their own "temporary uploads" folder that by default will be a subfolder under <code>storage/runtime/assets/tempuploads</code>.</p>

<p>There are several places there this is used in Craft... one example is if an Asset field has its "Upload Location" set to something dynamic based on the value of another field.  When saving a new element, Craft won't know the value of that upload location until after the element is actually saved, so it keeps the uploaded file for the Asset field in the "temporary uploads" folder, then moves it out of there after the element has been successfully saved.</p>

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  <p>Can I disable/hide it?</p>
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<p>You can't disable it natively, but you'd probably be able to use some CSS to hide it if you really wanted: <a href="https://github.com/doublesecretagency/craft-cpcss" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/doublesecretagency/craft-cpcss</a></p>

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2019-05-05T00:20:39.060Z
When a file is uploaded to the "temporary uploads" folder, is it immediately saved as an Asset? Or does it not get formally saved as an Asset until the file is moved to a permanent location?
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2018-08-28T05:35:52.763Z
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Brad Bell
<p>When browsing the assets, there is a "Temporary Uploads" folder. What is it for? Can I disable/hide it?</p>

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Temporary Uploads - disable?
# Temporary Uploads - disable?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-27)

When browsing the assets, there is a "Temporary Uploads" folder. What is it for? Can I disable/hide it?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-28. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Each user account gets their own "temporary uploads" folder that by default will be a subfolder under `storage/runtime/assets/tempuploads`.

There are several places there this is used in Craft... one example is if an Asset field has its "Upload Location" set to something dynamic based on the value of another field. When saving a new element, Craft won't know the value of that upload location until after the element is actually saved, so it keeps the uploaded file for the Asset field in the "temporary uploads" folder, then moves it out of there after the element has been successfully saved.

> Can I disable/hide it?

You can't disable it natively, but you'd probably be able to use some CSS to hide it if you really wanted: <https://github.com/doublesecretagency/craft-cpcss>

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: When a file is uploaded to the "temporary uploads" folder, is it immediately saved as an Asset? Or does it not get formally saved as an Asset until the file is moved to a permanent location?  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-11. Score: 1

Under the asset settings, if you change "Where do you want to store temporary asset uploads?"

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/LoEup.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LoEup.png)

The Temporary Uploads folders will no longer appear.


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