# Slicer is duplicating files on upload

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-duplicating-files-on-upload/10501>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** file-import\
**Created:** [March 2, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-duplicating-files-on-upload/10501 "2020-03-02T16:45:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fullerkj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/fullerkj/32/11974_2.png) [@fullerkj](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/fullerkj)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-duplicating-files-on-upload/10501/1 "2020-03-02T16:45:30Z")

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Hello!  
When I upload a directory into Slicer, I am having a problem where my files (segmentation, transform, etc) are being duplicated on upload. I’m not quite sure what is causing these files to duplicate. I have attached a picture below showing what I think I’m importing vs. what is showing up when I import this directory:

 ![Selection_034](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/2/b233f52ec3674111a64174baebeb92f2b96b2be4.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/3/5382717ff327c4ac309724d430a3875bf34a13a7.png)

If anyone has any ideas regarding what is causing this problem, or what I might be doing wrong when saving or uploading these files I would be most grateful!

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-is-duplicating-files-on-upload/10501/2 "2020-03-02T17:53:20Z")

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Most likely, you have a scene (.mrml) file selected among the files, which loads all the nodes anyway. I would recommend to just load the .mrml file. You can also save the scene in a single file, by clicking the “package” icon in the save data dialog.