diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
index 2ae077daf3..7b4bc4fa34 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import log from "@/next/log";
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import type { CollectionMapping, Electron } from "@/next/types/ipc";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { isPromise } from "@ente/shared/utils";
@@ -32,11 +33,7 @@ import {
     SetLoading,
     UploadTypeSelectorIntent,
 } from "types/gallery";
-import {
-    ElectronFile,
-    FileWithCollection,
-    type FileWithCollection2,
-} from "types/upload";
+import { FileWithCollection, type FileWithCollection2 } from "types/upload";
 import {
     InProgressUpload,
     SegregatedFinishedUploads,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
index cce3a35abc..9f6cec0b6d 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import { ComlinkWorker } from "@/next/worker/comlink-worker";
 import { validateAndGetCreationUnixTimeInMicroSeconds } from "@ente/shared/time";
 import { Remote } from "comlink";
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import {
     outputPathPlaceholder,
 } from "constants/ffmpeg";
 import { NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
-import { ElectronFile, ParsedExtractedMetadata } from "types/upload";
+import { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from "types/upload";
 import { type DedicatedFFmpegWorker } from "worker/ffmpeg.worker";
 
 /** Called during upload */
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ export async function generateVideoThumbnail(
                     "scale=-1:720",
                     outputPathPlaceholder,
                 ],
-                file,
+                /* TODO(MR): ElectronFile changes */
+                fileOrPath as File | ElectronFile,
                 "thumb.jpeg",
             );
         } catch (e) {
@@ -168,17 +170,23 @@ const ffmpegExec = async (
 ): Promise<File | ElectronFile> => {
     const electron = globalThis.electron;
     if (electron || false) {
-        return electron.ffmpegExec(
-            command,
-            inputDataOrPath,
-            outputFileName,
-            timeoutMS
-        )
+        // return electron.ffmpegExec(
+        //     command,
+        //     /* TODO(MR): ElectronFile changes */
+        //     inputFile as unknown as string,
+        //     outputFileName,
+        //     timeoutMS,
+        // );
     } else {
         return workerFactory
             .instance()
             .then((worker) =>
-                worker.execute(command, inputFile, outputFileName, timeoutMS),
+                worker.execute(
+                    command,
+                    /* TODO(MR): ElectronFile changes */ inputFile as File,
+                    outputFileName,
+                    timeoutMS,
+                ),
             );
     }
 };
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/readerService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/readerService.ts
index e410144cfe..e30710d5ad 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/readerService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/readerService.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { convertBytesToHumanReadable } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
-import { ElectronFile } from "types/upload";
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 
 export async function getUint8ArrayView(
     file: Blob | ElectronFile,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/typeDetectionService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/typeDetectionService.ts
index 5ff8f01692..5b53eecbc0 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/typeDetectionService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/typeDetectionService.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import log from "@/next/log";
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import {
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ import {
     WHITELISTED_FILE_FORMATS,
 } from "constants/upload";
 import FileType, { FileTypeResult } from "file-type";
-import { ElectronFile, FileTypeInfo } from "types/upload";
+import { FileTypeInfo } from "types/upload";
 import { getFileExtension } from "utils/file";
 import { getUint8ArrayView } from "./readerService";
 
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
index d1c98ff690..367d79bbad 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import { basename, getFileNameSize } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import { DedicatedCryptoWorker } from "@ente/shared/crypto/internal/crypto.worker";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import {
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import { getFileType } from "services/typeDetectionService";
 import { FilePublicMagicMetadataProps } from "types/file";
 import {
     DataStream,
-    ElectronFile,
     ExtractMetadataResult,
     FileTypeInfo,
     LivePhotoAssets,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
index 91b1ea9fb3..82f4486b42 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/thumbnail.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { getFileNameSize } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import { CustomErrorMessage, type Electron } from "@/next/types/ipc";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { BLACK_THUMBNAIL_BASE64 } from "constants/upload";
 import * as FFmpegService from "services/ffmpeg";
 import { heicToJPEG } from "services/heic-convert";
-import { ElectronFile, FileTypeInfo } from "types/upload";
+import { FileTypeInfo } from "types/upload";
 import { isFileHEIC } from "utils/file";
 import { getUint8ArrayView } from "../readerService";
 import { getFileName } from "./uploadService";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
index 05a336be59..65ce7d77f2 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import log from "@/next/log";
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import { ComlinkWorker } from "@/next/worker/comlink-worker";
 import { getDedicatedCryptoWorker } from "@ente/shared/crypto";
 import { DedicatedCryptoWorker } from "@ente/shared/crypto/internal/crypto.worker";
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import { Collection } from "types/collection";
 import { EncryptedEnteFile, EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import { SetFiles } from "types/gallery";
 import {
-    ElectronFile,
     FileWithCollection,
     ParsedMetadataJSON,
     ParsedMetadataJSONMap,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
index 78953bd241..7a118d3030 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
     getFileNameSize,
 } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import { DedicatedCryptoWorker } from "@ente/shared/crypto/internal/crypto.worker";
 import {
     B64EncryptionResult,
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ import { EncryptedMagicMetadata } from "types/magicMetadata";
 import {
     BackupedFile,
     DataStream,
-    ElectronFile,
     EncryptedFile,
     ExtractMetadataResult,
     FileInMemory,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
index 78b46670c6..175af6824f 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import {
     B64EncryptionResult,
     LocalFileAttributes,
@@ -70,24 +71,6 @@ export interface FileTypeInfo {
     videoType?: string;
 }
 
-/*
- * ElectronFile is a custom interface that is used to represent
- * any file on disk as a File-like object in the Electron desktop app.
- *
- * This was added to support the auto-resuming of failed uploads
- * which needed absolute paths to the files which the
- * normal File interface does not provide.
- */
-export interface ElectronFile {
-    name: string;
-    path: string;
-    size: number;
-    lastModified: number;
-    stream: () => Promise<ReadableStream<Uint8Array>>;
-    blob: () => Promise<Blob>;
-    arrayBuffer: () => Promise<Uint8Array>;
-}
-
 export interface UploadAsset {
     isLivePhoto?: boolean;
     file?: File | ElectronFile;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/upload/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/upload/index.ts
index 7d082166cf..ac05122aa9 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/upload/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/upload/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { basename, dirname } from "@/next/file";
+import { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { PICKED_UPLOAD_TYPE } from "constants/upload";
 import isElectron from "is-electron";
 import { exportMetadataDirectoryName } from "services/export";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import {
-    ElectronFile,
     FileWithCollection,
     Metadata,
     type FileWithCollection2,