diff --git a/.changeset/giant-baboons-lick.md b/.changeset/giant-baboons-lick.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a5b1f2581806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/giant-baboons-lick.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@gradio/file": minor
+"gradio": minor
+---
+
+feat:Add `.download()` event to `gr.File`
diff --git a/gradio/__init__.py b/gradio/__init__.py
index 5538d75cd36b3..e4087f575fb54 100644
--- a/gradio/__init__.py
+++ b/gradio/__init__.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 from gradio.data_classes import FileData
 from gradio.events import (
     DeletedFileData,
+    DownloadData,
     EventData,
     KeyUpData,
     LikeData,
diff --git a/gradio/components/file.py b/gradio/components/file.py
index e0cc1c199870d..f6bce4661bda5 100644
--- a/gradio/components/file.py
+++ b/gradio/components/file.py
@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@ class File(Component):
         Demo: zip_files, zip_to_json
     """
 
-    EVENTS = [Events.change, Events.select, Events.clear, Events.upload, Events.delete]
+    EVENTS = [
+        Events.change,
+        Events.select,
+        Events.clear,
+        Events.upload,
+        Events.delete,
+        Events.download,
+    ]
 
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/gradio/events.py b/gradio/events.py
index 5db8b910dc159..24e7085408e69 100644
--- a/gradio/events.py
+++ b/gradio/events.py
@@ -371,6 +371,31 @@ def __init__(self, target: Block | None, data: Any):
         """
 
 
+@document()
+class DownloadData(EventData):
+    """
+    The gr.DownloadData class is a subclass of gr.EventData that specifically carries information about the `.download()` event. When gr.DownloadData
+    is added as a type hint to an argument of an event listener method, a gr.DownloadData object will automatically be passed as the value of that argument.
+    The attributes of this object contains information about the event that triggered the listener.
+    Example:
+        import gradio as gr
+        def on_download(download_data: gr.DownloadData):
+            return f"Downloaded file: {download_data.file.path}"
+        with gr.Blocks() as demo:
+            files = gr.File()
+            textbox = gr.Textbox()
+            files.download(on_download, None, textbox)
+        demo.launch()
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, target: Block | None, data: FileDataDict):
+        super().__init__(target, data)
+        self.file: FileData = FileData(**data)
+        """
+        The file that was downloaded, as a FileData object.
+        """
+
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class EventListenerMethod:
     block: Block | None
@@ -931,3 +956,7 @@ class Events:
         "collapse",
         doc="This listener is triggered when the {{ component }} is collapsed.",
     )
+    download = EventListener(
+        "download",
+        doc="This listener is triggered when the user downloads a file from the {{ component }}. Uses event data gradio.DownloadData to carry information about the downloaded file as a FileData object. See EventData documentation on how to use this event data",
+    )
diff --git a/js/file/Index.svelte b/js/file/Index.svelte
index 8febc9c6c8227..2a8f6b551d046 100644
--- a/js/file/Index.svelte
+++ b/js/file/Index.svelte
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 		select: SelectData;
 		clear_status: LoadingStatus;
 		delete: FileData;
+		download: FileData;
 	}>;
 	export let file_count: "single" | "multiple" | "directory";
 	export let file_types: string[] = ["file"];
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
 	{#if !interactive}
 		<File
 			on:select={({ detail }) => gradio.dispatch("select", detail)}
+			on:download={({ detail }) => gradio.dispatch("download", detail)}
 			selectable={_selectable}
 			{value}
 			{label}
diff --git a/js/file/shared/File.svelte b/js/file/shared/File.svelte
index 8b9753891024d..583c896e83b2b 100644
--- a/js/file/shared/File.svelte
+++ b/js/file/shared/File.svelte
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 />
 
 {#if value && (Array.isArray(value) ? value.length > 0 : true)}
-	<FilePreview {i18n} {selectable} on:select {value} {height} />
+	<FilePreview {i18n} {selectable} on:select on:download {value} {height} />
 {:else}
 	<Empty unpadded_box={true} size="large"><File /></Empty>
 {/if}
diff --git a/js/file/shared/FilePreview.svelte b/js/file/shared/FilePreview.svelte
index a867287b2a34b..5d61bd86b2ca4 100644
--- a/js/file/shared/FilePreview.svelte
+++ b/js/file/shared/FilePreview.svelte
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 		select: SelectData;
 		change: FileData[] | FileData;
 		delete: FileData;
+		download: FileData;
 	}>();
 	export let value: FileData | FileData[];
 	export let selectable = false;
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@
 		dispatch("change", normalized_files);
 	}
 
+	function handle_download(file: FileData): void {
+		dispatch("download", file);
+	}
+
 	const is_browser = typeof window !== "undefined";
 </script>
 
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@
 						{#if file.url}
 							<DownloadLink
 								href={file.url}
+								on:click={() => handle_download(file)}
 								download={is_browser && window.__is_colab__
 									? null
 									: file.orig_name}