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# Uploading Your First File

## How to upload

1. Click the **New File** tab in the top navigation
2. Drag and drop a file onto the upload area, or click to browse your files
3. Wait for processing — the file status will change from "Processing" to "Ready"

## Supported file types

| Category  | Formats                                    |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Documents | PDF, DOCX, DOC, TXT, MD, PPTX, PPT         |
| Audio     | MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, FLAC              |
| Video     | MP4, MOV, WEBM, AVI, MKV                   |
| Web       | YouTube links, website URLs                |
| Images    | PNG, JPG (within PDFs with Vision enabled) |

{% hint style="info" %}
**Tip:** You can upload up to 50 files at once by selecting multiple files or dragging a batch.
{% endhint %}

## What happens after upload

Knowbase automatically:

* Extracts text from documents and presentations
* Transcribes audio and video files
* Downloads and processes YouTube transcripts
* Creates searchable embeddings so you can chat with the content

## Next step

Your file is ready — let's [ask it a question](/getting-started/your-first-chat.md).