diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
index 90e1cf32c..5ff70b3d4 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { PHOTOS_PAGES } from "@ente/shared/constants/pages";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
@@ -5,7 +6,6 @@ import useMemoSingleThreaded from "@ente/shared/hooks/useMemoSingleThreaded";
 import { styled } from "@mui/material";
 import PhotoViewer from "components/PhotoViewer";
 import { TRASH_SECTION } from "constants/collection";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 import { GalleryContext } from "pages/gallery";
 import PhotoSwipe from "photoswipe";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/RenderFileName.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/RenderFileName.tsx
index 1bee86c25..c1b25e850 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/RenderFileName.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/FileInfo/RenderFileName.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { nameAndExtension } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { FlexWrapper } from "@ente/shared/components/Container";
 import PhotoOutlined from "@mui/icons-material/PhotoOutlined";
 import VideocamOutlined from "@mui/icons-material/VideocamOutlined";
 import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import { makeHumanReadableStorage } from "utils/billing";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
index 29da75e53..552c531f5 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
     isSupportedRawFormat,
 } from "utils/file";
 
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { FlexWrapper } from "@ente/shared/components/Container";
 import EnteSpinner from "@ente/shared/components/EnteSpinner";
 import AlbumOutlined from "@mui/icons-material/AlbumOutlined";
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ import InfoIcon from "@mui/icons-material/InfoOutlined";
 import ReplayIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Replay";
 import ZoomInOutlinedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/ZoomInOutlined";
 import { Box, Button, styled } from "@mui/material";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import {
     defaultLivePhotoDefaultOptions,
     photoSwipeV4Events,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PlaceholderThumbnails.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PlaceholderThumbnails.tsx
index caafbdce6..7266bf178 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PlaceholderThumbnails.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PlaceholderThumbnails.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { Overlay } from "@ente/shared/components/Container";
 import PhotoOutlined from "@mui/icons-material/PhotoOutlined";
 import PlayCircleOutlineOutlined from "@mui/icons-material/PlayCircleOutlineOutlined";
 import { styled } from "@mui/material";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 
 interface Iprops {
     fileType: FILE_TYPE;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Search/SearchBar/searchInput/index.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Search/SearchBar/searchInput/index.tsx
index d7cf151e6..87c45b59f 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Search/SearchBar/searchInput/index.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Search/SearchBar/searchInput/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import CloseIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Close";
 import { IconButton } from "@mui/material";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import memoize from "memoize-one";
 import pDebounce from "p-debounce";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/pages/gallery/PreviewCard.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/pages/gallery/PreviewCard.tsx
index 8704258f8..b9288c59b 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/pages/gallery/PreviewCard.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/pages/gallery/PreviewCard.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { Overlay } from "@ente/shared/components/Container";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import {
     StaticThumbnail,
 } from "components/PlaceholderThumbnails";
 import { TRASH_SECTION } from "constants/collection";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { GAP_BTW_TILES, IMAGE_CONTAINER_MAX_WIDTH } from "constants/gallery";
 import { DeduplicateContext } from "pages/deduplicate";
 import { GalleryContext } from "pages/gallery";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/file.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/file.ts
index 46065136c..f8d2a5ad8 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/file.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/file.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ export const TYPE_HEIF = "heif";
 export const TYPE_JPEG = "jpeg";
 export const TYPE_JPG = "jpg";
 
-export enum FILE_TYPE {
-    IMAGE,
-    VIDEO,
-    LIVE_PHOTO,
-    OTHERS,
-}
-
 export const RAW_FORMATS = [
     "heic",
     "rw2",
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
index 1c677470e..75918fae0 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { ENCRYPTION_CHUNK_SIZE } from "@ente/shared/crypto/constants";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { FileTypeInfo, Location } from "types/upload";
 
 // list of format that were missed by type-detection for some files.
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/clip-service.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/clip-service.ts
index eae9590fd..ab1ce928c 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/clip-service.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/clip-service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import ComlinkCryptoWorker from "@ente/shared/crypto";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { Events, eventBus } from "@ente/shared/events";
 import { LS_KEYS, getData } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import isElectron from "is-electron";
 import PQueue from "p-queue";
 import { Embedding } from "types/embedding";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/deduplicationService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/deduplicationService.ts
index 9d8ab399f..f9416396f 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/deduplicationService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/deduplicationService.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import HTTPService from "@ente/shared/network/HTTPService";
 import { getEndpoint } from "@ente/shared/network/api";
 import { getToken } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage/helpers";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import { Metadata } from "types/upload";
 import { hasFileHash } from "utils/upload";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/download/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/download/index.ts
index d2ad6b1f7..fe566700c 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/download/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/download/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import { openCache, type BlobCache } from "@/next/blob-cache";
 import log from "@/next/log";
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { Events, eventBus } from "@ente/shared/events";
 import { isPlaybackPossible } from "@ente/shared/media/video-playback";
 import { Remote } from "comlink";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import isElectron from "is-electron";
 import * as ffmpegService from "services/ffmpeg";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
index 0bf355d8d..c949b4636 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import log from "@/next/log";
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import QueueProcessor, {
     CancellationStatus,
     RequestCanceller,
 } from "@ente/shared/utils/queueProcessor";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { Collection } from "types/collection";
 import {
     CollectionExportNames,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/migration.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/migration.ts
index a8c4e5068..6c13ce7fb 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/migration.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/export/migration.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { LS_KEYS, getData } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage";
 import { User } from "@ente/shared/user/types";
 import { wait } from "@ente/shared/utils";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { getLocalCollections } from "services/collectionService";
 import downloadManager from "services/download";
 import { getAllLocalFiles } from "services/fileService";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/mlWorkManager.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/mlWorkManager.ts
index c5df14b22..a00c24ad3 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/mlWorkManager.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/mlWorkManager.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { ComlinkWorker } from "@/next/worker/comlink-worker";
 import { eventBus, Events } from "@ente/shared/events";
 import { getToken, getUserID } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage/helpers";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import debounce from "debounce";
 import PQueue from "p-queue";
 import { JobResult } from "types/common/job";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/readerService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/readerService.ts
index a18b3c908..d45380641 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/readerService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/machineLearning/readerService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { MLSyncContext, MLSyncFileContext } from "types/machineLearning";
 import {
     getLocalFileImageBitmap,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/searchService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/searchService.ts
index dfe6f2006..362e76fbe 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/searchService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/searchService.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import * as chrono from "chrono-node";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { Collection } from "types/collection";
 import { EntityType, LocationTag, LocationTagData } from "types/entity";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/typeDetectionService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/typeDetectionService.ts
index 5b53eecbc..598b10046 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/typeDetectionService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/typeDetectionService.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import {
     KNOWN_NON_MEDIA_FORMATS,
     WHITELISTED_FILE_FORMATS,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
index 667ae44f4..e44621915 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { validateAndGetCreationUnixTimeInMicroSeconds } from "@ente/shared/time";
 import type { FixOption } from "components/FixCreationTime";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { getFileType } from "services/typeDetectionService";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import {
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadata.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadata.ts
index dcd83c3e3..d6acb9abd 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadata.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadata.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { getFileNameSize } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 } from "@ente/shared/time";
 import type { DataStream } from "@ente/shared/utils/data-stream";
 import { Remote } from "comlink";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { FILE_READER_CHUNK_SIZE, NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
 import * as ffmpegService from "services/ffmpeg";
 import { getElectronFileStream, getFileStream } from "services/readerService";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
index e2eccf9b8..d8ba3a201 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { type Electron } from "@/next/types/ipc";
 import { withTimeout } from "@ente/shared/utils";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { BLACK_THUMBNAIL_BASE64 } from "constants/upload";
 import * as ffmpeg from "services/ffmpeg";
 import { heicToJPEG } from "services/heic-convert";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
index 0c54d0f02..3a99d35e1 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { potentialFileTypeFromExtension } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import { nameAndExtension } from "@/next/file";
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import { Events, eventBus } from "@ente/shared/events";
 import { wait } from "@ente/shared/utils";
 import { Canceler } from "axios";
 import { Remote } from "comlink";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import {
     RANDOM_PERCENTAGE_PROGRESS_FOR_PUT,
     UPLOAD_RESULT,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
index 9584b30dd..d6132b300 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { encodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import { basename } from "@/next/file";
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ import { EncryptionResult } from "@ente/shared/crypto/types";
 import { CustomError, handleUploadError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { isDataStream, type DataStream } from "@ente/shared/utils/data-stream";
 import { Remote } from "comlink";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import {
     FILE_CHUNKS_COMBINED_FOR_A_UPLOAD_PART,
     FILE_READER_CHUNK_SIZE,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/search/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/search/index.ts
index 29a1cffef..5918bb9dd 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/types/search/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/types/search/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { City } from "services/locationSearchService";
 import { LocationTagData } from "types/entity";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
index c687911c7..bdcef330b 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import type { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import {
     B64EncryptionResult,
     LocalFileAttributes,
 } from "@ente/shared/crypto/types";
 import type { DataStream } from "@ente/shared/utils/data-stream";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { Collection } from "types/collection";
 import {
     FilePublicMagicMetadata,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
index 29502213e..9cc74373e 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { CustomErrorMessage, type Electron } from "@/next/types/ipc";
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ import { LS_KEYS, getData } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage";
 import { User } from "@ente/shared/user/types";
 import { downloadUsingAnchor, withTimeout } from "@ente/shared/utils";
 import {
-    FILE_TYPE,
     RAW_FORMATS,
     SUPPORTED_RAW_FORMATS,
     TYPE_HEIC,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/machineLearning/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/machineLearning/index.ts
index a89bccc4c..4e9b795ec 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/machineLearning/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/machineLearning/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import log from "@/next/log";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import PQueue from "p-queue";
 import DownloadManager from "services/download";
 import { getLocalFiles } from "services/fileService";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/photoFrame/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/photoFrame/index.ts
index faf0679e7..ccd47b604 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/photoFrame/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/photoFrame/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { LivePhotoSourceURL, SourceURLs } from "services/download";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import { SetSelectedState } from "types/gallery";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/tests/upload.test.ts b/web/apps/photos/tests/upload.test.ts
index 5a05bb991..3fc7e8541 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/tests/upload.test.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/tests/upload.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file";
 import { tryToParseDateTime } from "@ente/shared/time";
-import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { getLocalCollections } from "services/collectionService";
 import { getLocalFiles } from "services/fileService";
 import {