# Save txt on mobile?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/save-txt-on-mobile/3444295>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner, help\
**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/save-txt-on-mobile/3444295 "2025-01-02T01:02:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ocorbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ad7895/32.png) [@ocorbo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ocorbo)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/save-txt-on-mobile/3444295/1 "2025-01-02T01:02:22Z")

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Is it possible to save data as a txt document on a user phone ?

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/save-txt-on-mobile/3444295/2 "2025-01-02T04:32:03Z")

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You can use the [Share Message block](https://docs.thunkable.com/blocks/app-features/share#share-message) to allow the user to save data to their phone.

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**Author:** ![ocorbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ad7895/32.png) [@ocorbo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ocorbo)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/save-txt-on-mobile/3444295/3 "2025-01-03T00:27:38Z")

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So there is no way to automatically save very large files on mobile? The ‘share message block’ seems to only be able to save a short sentence and ask the user by which app he wants to share it …

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/save-txt-on-mobile/3444295/4 "2025-01-03T01:39:38Z")

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There are some other options but I don’t know if they will suit your needs. You’re wanting the user to have access to the data as a text document? If you don’t need that, there are plenty of ways to save the data so it’s readable by Thunkable. Here are some options I came across that might be modifiable for text files:

[Files Blocks | Thunkable Docs](https://docs.thunkable.com/blocks/app-features/files-blocks) – allows you save a raw file format (e.g. docx) to Cloudinary or download a file to a mobile device.

> [@Saving files to local device storage. Will it possible in the future?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/saving-files-to-local-device-storage-will-it-possible-in-the-future/2934816):
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> Hi, I know saving a file to the device storage is currently no possible, but do Thunkable team plan to add this functionality ? Just out of curiosity, why is this not possible ? (It seems to be a basic functionality, I can’t understand why this has not been implemented in Thunkable yet. Maybe a question of compatibility between different versions of Android, iOS and the way they manage access rights ?) Thanks in advance !

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/save-txt-on-mobile/3444295/5 "2025-04-03T01:39:59Z")

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