File

File or filing may refer to:

Mechanical tools and processes

 * File (tool), a tool used to remove fine amounts of material from a workpiece.
 * Filing (metalworking), a material removal process in manufacturing
 * Nail file, a tool used to gently abrade away and shape the edges of fingernails and toenails

Documents

 * An arranged collection of documents
 * Filing (legal), submitting a document to the clerk of a court

Computing

 * Computer file, a resource for storing information
 * file URI scheme
 * file (command), a Unix program for determining the type of data contained in a computer file
 * File system, a method of storing and organizing computer files and their data
 * Files by Google, an Android app
 * Files (Apple), an Apple app

Other uses

 * File (formation), a single column of troops one in front of the other
 * File (chess), a column of the chessboard
 * Filé powder, a culinary ingredient used in Cajun and Creole cooking
 * Filé (band), a Cajun musical ensemble from Louisiana, U.S
 * Filè, a class of Irish poet
 * Files (peeto-fiile's')
 * Electronic Language International Festival, an art and technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil
 * Files, a series of Indian thriller films by Vivek Agnihotri
 * The Tashkent Files, 2019 film about the 1966 death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent
 * The Kashmir Files, 2022 film about the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
 * The Delhi Files, an upcoming film about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi
 * The Files: The Greatest Hits (album), a 2004 compilation album by Vico C.
 * Jake Files (born 1972), a member of the Arkansas State Senate