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title: "Can Perplexity answer from uploaded files only?"  
description: "Can Perplexity answer from uploaded files only?"  
author: "Natalia Volkova"  
published: 2026-10-15  
updated: 2026-10-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162376/can-perplexity-answer-from-uploaded-files-only  
category: "AI Document Research"  
tags: ["Perplexity", "File Uploads", "AI Research"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can Perplexity answer from uploaded files only?

I’m considering using Perplexity to ask questions about a small set of documents, where answers should come from those files rather than from a web search. Is there a dependable way to keep a query limited to uploaded files only?

I’d like to hear how people handle this in practice, including whether the answer makes it clear when the documents don’t contain enough information.


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