# Rename attached file: absolute vs relative path

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/rename-attached-file-absolute-vs-relative-path/857>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 20, 2017, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/rename-attached-file-absolute-vs-relative-path/857 "2017-10-20T09:21:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/258eb7/32.png) [@jhh](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/jhh)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/rename-attached-file-absolute-vs-relative-path/857/1 "2017-10-20T09:21:21Z")

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Curently (JabRef 4.0), when I right-click a linked file under General -\> File of an entry and select “Rename file”, it changes the path to a relative path. This used to be an absolute path. Can I change this behaviour? If so, how?