This guide explains how to select additional folders that should be uploaded and synchronized from the desktop app (desktop application on macOS / Windows / Linux) to the web app kDrive (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/kdrive).

Prerequisites

• Have a kDrive / kSuite plan.
• Have the kDrive application on the device to be synchronized.

Choose an additional folder to synchronize with kDrive

When you install the kDrive application on your device, everything that is already in the kDrive web app (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/kdrive) will be transferred and visible on the device in a /kdrive (or /kdrive2, etc.) folder. And everything in /kdrive (or /kdrive2, etc.) will be available in the web version.

But you can specify that the kDrive app on your device should access other folders (on the computer's hard drive, for example) outside of /kdrive (or /kdrive2, etc.) so that they are also synchronized and sent to Infomaniak's servers. This is called advanced synchronization.

Desktop app v4.x

To add a local folder for advanced synchronization:

1. Open the kDrive application on your computer and click on the Settings icon ‍ in the top right corner.
2. Click on Accounts & Sync.
3. Click on Manage to the right of the current synchronization:
   
4. Click on Advanced Synchronization:
   
5. Click on Synchronize a folder:
   
6. Click on the button to Select a folder:
   
7. Search for and select the additional folder (outside of your existing and already synchronized kDrive structure), then click Open:
   
8. Then, click to choose the location on kDrive Web where the selected additional folder should be sent:
   
9. Search for the location to use, then click Select:
   
10. Confirm your selections:
    
11. That's it, the additional data is sent to the specified location and synchronized across your devices:
    

Desktop app v3.x

To add a local folder for advanced synchronization:

1. Left-click on the desktop app icon in the notification area of your computer (top right on macOS, bottom right on Windows, and double-left-click in the taskbar on Linux).
2. Click on the action menu ⋮ on the right of the window that appears.
3. Click on kDrive Settings.
4. Click on the chevron ‍ to the left of your synchronization name to display the list of folders (currently stored on kDrive Web).
5. If necessary, expand the content of the listed folders and check / uncheck the folders to be synchronized with your computer.
6. Click the blue Validate button.
7. Click on ‍‍ Synchronize a local folder.
8. … which will allow you to synchronize one or more new folders from your hard drive with the location of your choice on kDrive.
   

To stop and remove a synchronization:

1. In the same location, accessible using the procedure above, click on the ⋮ icon on the far right:
   
2. … which will allow you to:
   • Enable Lite Sync
   • Pause synchronization
   • Delete synchronization (only from your device, without affecting your kDrive) - see this other guide.