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Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

OliverKandir — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:12:19 GMT

After the latest Firefox update, the file upload dialog no longer remembers the last folder I selected when uploading files.

Previously, whenever I clicked to upload a file, Firefox reopened the folder I had used for my previous upload. Now, instead, it opens the folder where I last downloaded a file.

This is inconvenient because my upload and download folders are different. Please restore the previous behavior or provide a setting that allows users to configure the default folder for file uploads independently of the download location.

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

CalciferAtlas — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:27:55 GMT

Yes, I'm getting this problem right now too.

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

RB3 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:09:10 GMT

Yes ditto. I used to love this feature but now since the most recent update it's GONE...

Bring it back Mozilla team1

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

amitchandel07 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:47:18 GMT

I have noticed this behavior too, and I agree it can be frustrating when your upload and download folders are different. Having Firefox remember the last folder used for uploads made the process much smoother. It would be great to have this behavior restored, or at least an option to choose a separate default folder for uploads. Hopefully, the Firefox team can look into this in a future update.

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

richrash — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:08:08 GMT

totally mind blowing that since 157.0 this issue has appeared. why is it taking so long to fix ?

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

Zardas — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:40:57 GMT

Yes. Its freaking annoying.

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

AlexanderSüß — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:19:19 GMT

I do agree as well - especially while this was one of the benefits of FF against chrome.

Alex

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

doodlemancy — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:57:58 GMT

This is happening to me too and it's driving me crazy. I really wish they would get on fixing this.

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

dftf — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:32:24 GMT

@doodlemancy : is this not now fixed in the latest 159.0 release?

Looking at them (https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/159.0/releasenotes/ ) it says:

FIXED Fixed the file upload dialog opening in the last folder a file was saved to, such as Downloads, instead of the folder last used for uploads.

Re: Firefox No Longer Remembers the Last Upload Location

dftf — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:35:44 GMT

This issue should now be fixed, as of the 159.0 release

As per the release notes (see: https://www.firefox.com/firefox/159.0/releasenotes/ ) I see:

FIXED Fixed the file upload dialog opening in the last folder a file was saved to, such as Downloads, instead of the folder last used for uploads.

@AlexanderSüß , @amitchandel07 , @CalciferAtlas , @RB3 , @richrash , @Zardas
Please update to the latest Firefox and see if this is still an issue.