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Managing files

Upload, create, rename, copy, move, delete and download files and folders in HF Files.

Everything you do in HF Files happens in the folder you have open. Select entries with their tick boxes to act on several at once, or use the More menu (⋯) on one entry.

Where: HF Files

Managing files screen

Upload files

  1. Open the folder to upload into.
  2. Click Upload and choose one or more files, or drag files from your computer onto the folder view (Drop to upload to … appears).
  3. Watch the progress in the corner. Click Cancel to stop an upload.

When it finishes you see n file(s) uploaded. A file with the same name is replaced.

Limit Value
One upload (all files together) 1 GB
Your account's disk space uploads stop when the account is full

Tip: folders can't be dropped. Zip the folder on your computer, upload the .zip and use Extract here. For very big files, use SFTP.

Create a folder or file

  1. Click New folder (or New file).
  2. Type the Folder name (or File name) and click Create.

A new file is empty; click it to open it in the editor.

Actions on one entry

Click the More button (⋯) at the end of a row:

Action What it does
Open / Edit opens a folder, or a text file in the editor
Preview shows a picture, with its size and date
Download saves the file to your computer
Rename type the New name and click Rename
Make a copy type the name for the copy in Make a copy named and click Copy
Move moves it to another folder (see below)
Zip packs it into a .zip archive
Extract here (.zip files) unpacks the archive into this folder
Share link makes a public download link (see Share links)
Permissions changes who can read, write and run it (see Archives and permissions)
Delete deletes it

Files also have a download button in their row.

Act on several entries

  1. Tick the entries, or the box in the heading row to select every entry shown.
  2. Use the buttons that appear above the list:
Button What it does
Download (one file selected) downloads it
Zip packs the selected entries into one archive
Move moves them to another folder
Delete deletes them
Clear selection unticks everything

Keyboard: Delete deletes the selected entries (after you confirm), Esc clears the selection.

Move entries

  1. Choose Move.
  2. In Move to folder, type a folder in your home, for example /web/example.com/public_html.
  3. Click Move.

You see n item(s) moved to ….

Delete entries

Choose Delete and confirm. Folders are deleted with everything in them.

Warning: deleting in HF Files is permanent. There is no trash or undo. Make a copy or a backup first if you may need the file again.

Download

  • One file: the download button on its row, or Download in its menu.
  • A folder or several files: Zip them, then download the .zip. Or make a share link to the folder; it downloads as a zip file.