In this guide we will explain the functions of the Nextcloud Web interface and how to create, preview, edit, delete, share, and re-share your files.
Please note that in the NextCloud Fix and Flex plans, some options may be disabled for performance reasons. With our Dedicated plan, you as the administrator have full access to all features and can choose to enable or disable all of your NextCloud features.
Tagging files
You can assign tags to files. To create tags, open a file to the Details view. Then type your tags. To enter more than one tag press the return key after creating each tag. All tags are system tags, and are shared by all users on your Nextcloud server.
Then use the Tags filter on the left sidebar to filter files by tags:
You can play videos in Nextcloud with the Video Player app by simply clicking on the file. Video streaming by the native Nextcloud video player depends on your Web browser and the video format. If your Nextcloud administrator has enabled video streaming, and it doesn’t work in your Web browser, it may be a browser issue. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_media_formats#Browser_compatibility for supported multimedia formats in Web browsers. Nextcloud can display thumbnail previews for image files, MP3 covers, and text files, if this enabled by your server administrator. Hover your cursor over a file or folder to expose the controls for the following operations: Most of the options below are available on all plans. Video player
File controls
You can also quickly find all of your favorites with the Favorites filter on the left sidebar.
The Details view shows Activities, Sharing, and Versions information:
The Settings gear icon at the lower left allows you to show or hide hidden files in your Nextcloud Web interface. These are also called dotfiles, because they are prefixed with a dot, e.g. .mailfile
. The dot tells your operating system to hide these files in your file browsers, unless you choose to display them. Usually these are configuration files, so having the option to hide them reduces clutter.
Previewing files
You can display uncompressed text files, OpenDocument files, videos, and image files in the Nextcloud embedded viewers by clicking on the file name. There may be other file types you can preview if your Nextcloud administrator has enabled them. If Nextcloud cannot display a file, it starts a download process and downloads the file to your computer.
Creating or uploading files and directories
Upload or create new files or folders directly in a Nextcloud folder by clicking on the New button in the Files app:
The New button provides the following options:
- Up arrow
- Upload files from your computer into Nextcloud. You can also upload files by dragging and dropping them from your file manager.
- Text file
- Creates a new text file and adds the file to your current folder.
- Folder
- Creates a new folder in the current folder.
Selecting files or folders
You can select one or more files or folders by clicking on their checkboxes. To select all files in the current directory, click on the checkbox located at the top of the files listing.
When you select multiple files, you can delete all of them, or download them as a ZIP file by using the Delete
or Download
buttons that appear at the top.
Filtering the files view
The left sidebar on the Files page contains several filters for quickly sorting and managing your files.
- All files
- The default view; displays all files that you have access to.
- Favorites
- Files or folders marked with the yellow star.
- Shared with you
- Displays all files shared with you by another user or group.
- Shared with others
- Displays all files that you have shared with other users or groups.
- Shared by link
- Displays all files that are shared by you via public link.
- External Storage (Only in Dedicated Plan)
- Files that you have access to on external storage devices and services such as Amazon S3, SMB/CIFS, FTP…
Moving files
You can move files and folders by dragging and dropping them into any directory.
Comments
Use the Details view to add and read comments on any file or folder. Comments are visible to everyone who has access to the file.