Attaching a file is different from giving the app access to a folder.
Attach a file
Use the attachment control when you want Perplexity to read or analyze a copy of a file in the current request. Attaching a file does not make the original folder available to the app, and changes to the attached copy do not automatically update the original.
To edit the original file or save changes back into its location, select the containing folder instead of attaching a copy. Give the app access to a folder when you want Perplexity to work across several local files, edit the originals, or save new files back to that folder.
Find a generated file
When asking Perplexity to create a file, specify where it should be saved. For example:
"Create a Word document and save it to my Desktop."
Files that Perplexity generates are always available in Artifacts. You can also open the completed task to find the same files alongside the rest of the task result.
If a file cannot be attached or downloaded
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Try attaching it from the request field in the main app.
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Check whether the file type and size are supported.
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Confirm that the task finished creating the result.
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If the task saved the file locally, check the destination named in the request.