Ref : https://github.com/UniSharp/laravel-filemanager/issues/337 To load files order by "time DESC" you can change the code in vendor/unisharp/laravel-filemanager/src/traits/LfmHelpers.php public function sortFilesAndDirectories($arr_items, $sort_type) { if ($sort_type == 'time') { $key_to_sort = 'updated'; } elseif ($sort_type == 'alphabetic') { $key_to_sort = 'name'; } else { $key_to_sort = 'updated'; } return strcmp($a->{$key_to_sort}, $b->{$key_to_sort}); }); return $arr_items; } with public function sortFilesAndDirectories($arr_items, $sort_type) { if ($sort_type == 'time') { $key_to_sort = 'updated'; } elseif ($sort_type == 'alphabetic') { $key_to_sort = 'name'; } else { $key_to_sort = 'updated';