Add Files and Folders

The fundamental data storage unit on UCloud is referred to as a drive. Each drive can accommodate any number of files and folders.

Drives, individual files, and folders within the active project can be accessed by clicking on the Files section of the navigation menu.

Create Drives

New drives can be created by clicking on the

button at the top of the drive list. After selecting the provider, the corresponding new drive will be indicated with a symbol on the left side of the drive name.

Upon selecting a drive, several operation becomes accessible, which may include Rename, Permissions, Delete and Properties, depending on the provider.

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As noted on the respective buttons, keyboard shortcuts can alternatively be used.

Files and folders can be accessed by double-clicking on the drive name. The drive page content should look something like this:

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To avoid displaying hidden files (i.e., dotfiles), users can click on the switch located at the top-left side of the folder list.

Note

Clicking on the provider icon, situated on the left side of the drive name, allows users to navigate back to the full drive list.

Upload Files and Folders

Once inside a drive, users have the option to create new folders or upload files/folders by clicking on the button located at the top-left side of the Files section.

In particular, by selecting the button

the user will be prompted with the dialog box:

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Users can either drag-and-drop files/folders or click the dialog box to search for files locally. Additionally, file uploading can be paused and resumed through the menu on the right side of the file name.

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New files will be saved in the selected directory. For each file, the size is reported on the right side.

Note

In UCloud, it is only possible to upload folders using drag-and-drop.

Add to Favorites

From this page, users can also tag a file or folder as favorite by hovering over it and clicking the symbol next to its name.

Favorite items are marked with the symbol and are also listed as Starred files in the Files section of navigation menu.