diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
index 1da55cf8c4..4ef7b71587 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const profile = {
   icon: 'assets/img/fileManager.webp',
   permission: true,
   version: packageJson.version,
-  methods: ['file', 'exists', 'open', 'writeFile', 'readFile', 'copyFile', 'copyDir', 'rename', 'mkdir', 'readdir', 'remove', 'getCurrentFile', 'getFile', 'getFolder', 'setFile', 'switchFile', 'refresh', 'getProviderOf', 'getProviderByName'],
+  methods: ['file', 'exists', 'open', 'writeFile', 'readFile', 'copyFile', 'copyDir', 'rename', 'mkdir', 'readdir', 'remove', 'getCurrentFile', 'getFile', 'getFolder', 'setFile', 'switchFile', 'refresh', 'getProviderOf', 'getProviderByName', 'getPathFromUrl', 'getUrlFromPath'],
   kind: 'file-system'
 }
 const errorMsg = {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class FileManager extends Plugin {
     try {
       path = this.limitPluginScope(path)
       try {
-        path = this._resolveFromExternalPath(path).file || path
+        path = this.getPathFromUrl(path).file
       } catch (e) {
         return console.error(e)
       }
@@ -544,13 +544,13 @@ class FileManager extends Plugin {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Try to resolve the given file path.
+   * Try to resolve the given file path (the actual path in the file system)
    * e.g if it's specified a github link, npm library, or any external content, 
-   * it returns the actual path where the content can be find.
-   * @param {string} file path we are trying to resolve
+   * it returns the actual path where the content can be found.
+   * @param {string} file url we are trying to resolve
    * @returns {{ string, provider }} file path resolved and its provider.
    */
-  _resolveFromExternalPath (file) {
+   getPathFromUrl (file) {
     const provider = this.fileProviderOf(file)
     if (!provider) throw new Error(`no provider for ${file}`)
     return { 
@@ -559,6 +559,20 @@ class FileManager extends Plugin {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Try to resolve the given file URl. opposite of getPathFromUrl   * 
+   * @param {string} file path we are trying to resolve
+   * @returns {{ string, provider }} file url resolved and its provider.
+   */
+   getUrlFromPath (file) {
+    const provider = this.fileProviderOf(file)
+    if (!provider) throw new Error(`no provider for ${file}`)
+    return { 
+      file: provider.getUrlFromPath(file) || file, // in case an external URL is given as input, we resolve it to the right internal path
+      provider
+    }
+  }
+
   removeTabsOf (provider) {
     for (var tab in this.openedFiles) {
       if (this.fileProviderOf(tab).type === provider.type) {
@@ -592,7 +606,7 @@ class FileManager extends Plugin {
       this.saveCurrentFile()
       let resolved
       try {
-        resolved = this._resolveFromExternalPath(file)
+        resolved = this.getPathFromUrl(file)
         file = resolved.file
       } catch (e) {
         return console.error(e)
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
index 57e21d2eab..41e1a5ccfe 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ class FileProvider {
     return this.providerExternalsStorage.get(this.reverseKey + url)
   }
 
+  getUrlFromPath (path) {
+    if (!path.startsWith(this.type)) path = this.type + '/' + path 
+    return this.providerExternalsStorage.get(path)
+  }
+
   isExternalFolder (path) {
     return this.externalFolders.includes(path)
   }