# How to Link file from anywhere outside Obsidian Vault

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**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/how-to-link-file-from-anywhere-outside-obsidian-vault/88969 "2024-09-26T03:37:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ariehen](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/ariehen/32/46932_2.png) [@ariehen](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/ariehen)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/how-to-link-file-from-anywhere-outside-obsidian-vault/88969/3 "2024-09-27T07:59:14Z")

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Their syntax looks good and the `%20` will take care of the space though.

Something else is going on 🤔

Lots of examples here:

> [@Linking to external files & folders link](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/linking-to-external-files-folders/70121):
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> Linking to external files is mentioned in the [drag and drop](https://help.obsidian.md/User+interface/Drag+and+Drop) help documentation Hold Ctrl on Windows/Linux or Option on macOS to create file:/// absolute links to those files instead of importing a copy. but there aren’t any examples of the options available. I’ll write up a request to add some examples to the official help documentation, but for the time being, here’s a list I’ve collected. Windows UPDATE: from Obsidian v1.5.11 on, use forward slashes in paths UPDATE2: Not sure when it ha…

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