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Find your way around Drime

A tour of the Drime web app: the left rail, the Home panel with your files, the Tools panel, the top bar, the Help menu and your account menu.

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The Drime web app is organised in three areas: a narrow rail on the left, a side panel next to it, and the main area with a top bar.

The Drime web app with the rail, the Home panel, the top bar and the details panel numbered from 1 to 4

#The rail

The narrow column on the far left switches between the main areas:

Item

What you find there

Home

Your files: see the Home panel.

Folders

Your folder tree.

Vault

Your end-to-end encrypted Vault.

Backups

The computers you back up with Drime Desktop.

Tools

Sign, Send & Track, Pages, Requests and Whiteboards. Each tool can be pinned to the rail with Pin this item.

Affiliates

Opens Invite friends in your settings: see Earn free storage by inviting friends.

Help (lifebuoy icon, at the bottom)

Support and resources: see the Help menu.

#The Home panel

Item

What it shows

All Files

Everything in your Drive.

Shared

Items shared with you or by you. See Find files shared with you.

Photos

Your photos and videos by date. See Browse your photos.

Recent

The files you added recently.

Starred

Items you marked as starred.

Trash

Deleted items. See Restore deleted files.

Quick access

Files and folders you pinned. See Organise with Starred, tags, colours and Quick access.

Below, the storage meter shows the space you use, and the workspace switcher lets you move between your personal space and your workspaces.

#The top bar

  • Search files and folders: see Find files with search.

  • Invite members, to invite people to your workspace.

  • The ? icon, for help, and the bell, for your notifications.

  • Your avatar, which opens your account menu.

Above the file list, Upload, Create and Create folder add content to the folder you are in.

#The details panel

Select a file or folder to see its details in the panel on the right. Its Details tab shows Who has access (with Manage Access), Properties (type, size, location, owner, dates; Show more for the rest) and Tags. Its Activity tab shows what happened to the item. See See a file's details and activity.

#Your account menu

Click your avatar, top right. The menu shows your name, email, plan and storage, then Settings, Security, Notifications, Theme, Language, Give us feedback and Log Out.

#The Help menu

Click Help at the bottom of the rail for: Contact support, My tickets, Keyboard shortcuts, Help center, API docs, What's new ?, Download apps, Privacy policy and Terms of service.

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