# File uploading error
**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/file-uploading-error/7203
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [January 18, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/file-uploading-error/7203 "2017-01-18T06:23:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Kumar2112](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Kumar2112)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/file-uploading-error/7203/1 "2017-01-18T06:23:17Z")
Hi i am trying to uploading a csv file but is saying its a invalid file .the text/forttan format is not allowed. why this is happening . i have checek the file its type is 'text/csv
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### Author:  [@Kumar2112](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Kumar2112)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/file-uploading-error/7203/2 "2017-01-18T06:23:17Z")
Hi i am trying to uploading a csv file but is saying its a invalid file .the text/forttan format is not allowed. why this is happening . i have checek the file its type is 'text/csv
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### Author:  [@Kumar2112](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Kumar2112)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/file-uploading-error/7203/3 "2017-01-18T06:34:44Z")
invalid file type.“text/x-fortan”.use a file that matches of of following mime types.“text/csv”.“text/plain”