---
id: tuhi-assistant.will-tuhi-download-the-same-file-twice
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/will-tuhi-download-the-same-file-twice
category: "Tuhi, your storage assistant"
subcategory: "What Tuhi can do for you"
question: "Will Tuhi download the same file twice if I ask again?"
alt_questions:
  - "I asked Tuhi to download it again"
  - "The file is already downloading"
  - "Tuhi says the file is already there"
  - "Continue a failed download with Tuhi"
  - "Replace a file I already downloaded"
short_answer: "No. Tuhi follows or resumes a download already going, moves one going elsewhere with its progress, continues one that failed, and shows a file that's already there (or replaces it, the old one to the Trash)."
tags: ["tuhi", "downloads", "duplicates"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-tuhi-download-a-file-from-a-link", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/download-card-in-tuhi"]
applies_to: "app>=4.20"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-27
---

# Will Tuhi download the same file twice if I ask again?

No. When you ask for a download you already have, Tuhi sorts it out first, and the choice she recommends never downloads twice:

- **Already going?** She follows it, or resumes it if it stopped.
- **Going somewhere else?** She can move it to the place you asked for, keeping its progress.
- **Failed earlier?** She carries on from where it stopped, or starts fresh if you'd rather.
- **Already finished and saved there?** She shows it to you — or replaces it if you ask, with the old one going to the Trash.

Asking again for a download that's already running doesn't start a second one. See [downloading a link with Tuhi](https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-tuhi-download-a-file-from-a-link).