Select several files at once

Select several files and folders in Drime with the mouse, the keyboard or on a touch screen, select a whole folder, and what you can do with a selection.

Updated October 20, 2026Web

The contents of a demo folder in the file list

#Select items

To	Do this
Select one item	Click it.
Select a range	Click the first item, then `Shift` + click the last one.
Add or remove one item	`Ctrl` + click it (`Cmd` + click on a Mac).
Select with the mouse	Drag on an empty area of the list to draw a selection box.
Select with checkboxes	Tick the box of each item.
Select on a phone or tablet	Long-press an item to start selecting, then tap the others.

#Select everything

Press Ctrl + A (Cmd + A on a Mac) to select the items shown. When the folder holds more items than the list shows, a Select all link with the number of items selects the whole folder, up to 5,000 items.

To clear the selection, press Esc or Ctrl + Shift + A, or click Clear selection.

#What you can do with a selection

The selection bar shows how many items are selected, and what you can do with them:

Share: with several items, Share links creates one link per item. See Create and copy a share link.
Download: several items, or a folder, download as one ZIP file. See Download files and folders.
Delete: see Delete files and folders.
More actions: move, copy and the other actions.

Three files selected in the list, with the selection bar and its actions

#If it doesn't work

What you see	What to do
`Ctrl` + `A` didn't select the whole folder	It selects the items shown: click the Select all link that appears with the number of items.
The folder has more than 5,000 items	Select and act on it in several parts, for example subfolder by subfolder.

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#Select items

#Select everything

#What you can do with a selection

#If it doesn't work

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