# FileIDType

Location: [gRPC API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/index.md) > [Reference](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/index.md) > [Enums](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/index.md)

HTML version: https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/MFiles.FileIDType/

The kind of a file reference: a specific file or a marker for all or any files.

- **Full name:** `MFiles.FileIDType`
- **Proto file:** [`mfiles/enums.proto`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/downloads/proto/mfiles/enums.proto)

<a id="values"></a>

## Values

| Name | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| <a id="v-FILE_IDTYPE_UNINITIALIZED"></a>`FILE_IDTYPE_UNINITIALIZED` | 0 | The file id has not been initialized. |
| <a id="v-FILE_IDTYPE_ALL"></a>`FILE_IDTYPE_ALL` | 1 | File id represents all files of the object. |
| <a id="v-FILE_IDTYPE_ANY"></a>`FILE_IDTYPE_ANY` | 2 | File id represents any file of the object. |
| <a id="v-FILE_IDTYPE_SPECIFIC"></a>`FILE_IDTYPE_SPECIFIC` | 3 | File id represents a specific file. |

<a id="used-in-fields"></a>

## Used in fields

- [`FileID.type`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.FileID/index.md#f-type): `FILE_IDTYPE_SPECIFIC` for one file.