diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Interface.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Interface.svelte
index 14b84aab58..2123968324 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Interface.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Interface.svelte
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
 	let showUpdateToast = true;
 	let showChangelog = true;
 
+	// File
+	let defaultUploadContext: 'full' | 'focused' = 'focused';
+
 	let showEmojiInCall = false;
 	let voiceInterruption = false;
 	let hapticFeedback = false;
@@ -269,6 +272,8 @@
 		webSearch = $settings?.webSearch ?? null;
 
 		textScale = $settings?.textScale ?? null;
+
+		defaultUploadContext = $settings?.defaultUploadContext ?? 'focused';
 	});
 </script>
 
@@ -1278,6 +1283,30 @@
 
 			<div class=" my-2 text-sm font-medium">{$i18n.t('File')}</div>
 
+			<div>
+				<div class=" py-0.5 flex w-full justify-between">
+					<div id="default-upload-mode-label" class=" self-center text-xs">
+						{$i18n.t('Default Upload Mode')}
+					</div>
+
+					<button
+						aria-labelledby="default-upload-mode-label default-upload-mode-state"
+						class="p-1 px-3 text-xs flex rounded transition"
+						on:click={() => {
+							defaultUploadContext = defaultUploadContext === 'full' ? 'focused' : 'full';
+							saveSettings({ defaultUploadContext });
+						}}
+						type="button"
+					>
+						<span class="ml-2 self-center" id="default-upload-mode-state"
+							>{defaultUploadContext === 'full'
+								? $i18n.t('Using Entire Document')
+								: $i18n.t('Using Focused Retrieval')}</span
+						>
+					</button>
+				</div>
+			</div>
+
 			<div>
 				<div class=" py-0.5 flex w-full justify-between">
 					<div id="image-compression-label" class=" self-center text-xs">
diff --git a/src/lib/components/common/FileItemModal.svelte b/src/lib/components/common/FileItemModal.svelte
index 7db775865e..22aa8b7635 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/common/FileItemModal.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/common/FileItemModal.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 	import { formatFileSize, getLineCount } from '$lib/utils';
 	import { WEBUI_API_BASE_URL } from '$lib/constants';
+	import { settings } from '$lib/stores';
 	import { getKnowledgeById } from '$lib/apis/knowledge';
 	import { getFileById, getFileContentById } from '$lib/apis/files';
 
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@
 		console.log(item);
 		if (item?.context === 'full') {
 			enableFullContent = true;
+		} else if (item?.context === undefined && $settings?.defaultUploadContext === 'full') {
+			enableFullContent = true;
 		}
 	});
 </script>
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en-US/translation.json b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en-US/translation.json
index 96644f5d0f..b910419cfa 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en-US/translation.json
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en-US/translation.json
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@
 	"Decrease UI Scale": "",
 	"Deepgram": "",
 	"Default": "",
+	"Default Upload Mode": "",
 	"Default (Open AI)": "",
 	"Default (SentenceTransformers)": "",
 	"Default action buttons will be used.": "",
diff --git a/src/lib/stores/index.ts b/src/lib/stores/index.ts
index 5475480194..22f4f82ef3 100644
--- a/src/lib/stores/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/stores/index.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ type Settings = {
 	chatDirection?: 'LTR' | 'RTL' | 'auto';
 	ctrlEnterToSend?: boolean;
 
+	defaultUploadContext?: 'full' | 'focused';
+
 	system?: string;
 	seed?: number;
 	temperature?: string;