This guide details the structure of kDrive Infomaniak: online interface, menus to manage and find your shares, usefulness and meaning of default folders, etc.

Preamble

• This guide applies to the Web app kDrive (online service kdrive.infomaniak.com).
• The desktop app kDrive (desktop application on macOS / Windows / Linux) is not directly concerned (and will not display certain elements).
  • The mobile app (application for iOS / Android smartphone or tablet) is, however, similar in terms of menu organization (with a few singularities such as offline files, for example).
• The Shared folders and the Shares menu are only visible with certain multi-user offers.
• Do not rename and/or move the default-created folders either on the Web version and even less locally, as this causes synchronization issues.
• To quickly access the different features/operations, right-click on your files.

3 main elements

The kDrive interface offers a left sidebar that takes you to the kDrive data, including these 3 main elements:

1. Organization folders: common to the collaborators of your Organization

This folder displays the tree structure of shared folders automatically to certain or all users of the same kDrive; if they contain documents, they will be displayed in the center of the interface:

If you create a new folder here, you can choose to share it with the entire Organization (all kDrive users) or only a few users / work teams who will then need to request access if necessary:

2. My folder: default personal & private folder

This folder displays the tree structure of folders specific to the user themselves: indeed, each kDrive user has their own personal space that will not be automatically shared with other users of the same kDrive:

Any documents will be displayed in the center of the interface.

3. Shares

The Shared menu leads to 4 sub-menus displayed in the left sidebar:

1. The items shared with you by other users on kDrive, among the kDrive you have access to with your login credentials
2. The items that you share with other users
3. The items that you have shared by creating a public share link
4. The drop boxes

Any potential items will be displayed in the center of the interface and can be modified / deleted.

Secondary items

My favorites

This menu groups your files and folders defined as favorites on kDrive, which you can then find on the web app…

… and the mobile app:

My recent modifications

This menu displays the latest operations performed by your user:

You can thus quickly return to recently modified files even if their location is scattered across different subfolders of your kDrive. You can also select these files to move or delete them in bulk.

Trash

This menu leads to your deleted data and which can still be restored:

Categories

You can also quickly access your files if they are categorized thanks to the Categories menu by clicking on the different categories grouped there:

Set the default display on startup

You can choose which home page to start browsing within the kDrive online, from the following 3 options:

1. your personal folder
2. the shared documents folder
3. favorites (which groups the documents added to favorites by your user)

To access kDrive and modify the home page:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click on the Settings icon ‍‍ at the top right.
3. Check or select the kDrive concerned in the dropdown menu of the left sidebar.
4. Click on General in the left sidebar.
5. Choose the page that should be displayed by default when arriving at the home page: