HTMLInputElement: accept property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The accept property of the HTMLInputElement interface reflects the <input> element's accept attribute, generally a comma-separated list of unique file type specifiers providing a hint for the expected file type for an <input> of type file. If the attribute is not explicitly set, the accept property is an empty string.

Value

A string representing the element's accept value or an empty string if no accept is explicitly set.

Example

js
const inputElement = document.querySelector("#time");
console.log(inputElement.accept); // the current value of the accept attribute
inputElement.accept = ".doc,.docx,.xml,application/msword"; // sets the accept value

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-input-accept

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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