# How to create folder and file in users machine Documents folder?

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**Category:** InDesign\
**Tags:** uxp, javascript\
**Created:** [November 27, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-create-folder-and-file-in-users-machine-documents-folder/7176 "2023-11-27T13:13:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Niraj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Niraj](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Niraj)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-create-folder-and-file-in-users-machine-documents-folder/7176/1 "2023-11-27T13:13:03Z")

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Hi all,  
I am developing an InDesign plugin using UXP and I want to create a folder and file inside users machine Documents folder. How can we do this?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Timothy\_Bennett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/timothy_bennett/32/1251_2.png) [@Timothy\_Bennett](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Timothy_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-create-folder-and-file-in-users-machine-documents-folder/7176/2 "2023-11-27T14:14:18Z")

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Whilst I haven’t looked at the InDesign docs in detail, I believe everything you need is to be found [here](https://developer.adobe.com/indesign/uxp/resources/recipes/file-operation/) or is linked within