r/filen_io

Can someone explain to me thr best way to set thungs up so that entries from my Notes Nook account are continually sent to a folder at Filen?

After a lot of research, I'm going to move from One Drive to Filen and was wondering if anyone knows of any current specials for new sign-ups (I already have a free account, so referral links will not work anymore). Thanks.

I use Filen.io with Rclone to back up my data. File transfers work correctly, but deleted files don’t seem to be permanently removed when I use the rclone sync command, they end up in the trash instead. Is this expected behavior?

Dropped connections, all kinds of errors during upload, partial uploads.

Then I stopped banging my head against the wall with Proton Drive and switched to Filen. The problem wasn't with rclone.......

I'm a paid Filen user, been for over a year but lately it's really, really pissing me off that my internet is basically gone if I download something to a folder I setup as a sync and filen decides to upload it at the full speed of my connection. I usually have to exit the app just to be able to use the computer normally and then open it again at some point. At that point might as well periodically drag and drop files onto a thumb drive.

Hello fellow Filen users,

I’m looking for a cloud storage solution to store my files for a long period (around 5 years).

I checked out pCloud(their lifetime plan is out of my budget), but since I’ve already used Filen (free), and their annual plan (~20€) is quite affordable, I’m considering sticking with Filen.

What I’m trying to understand is:

Instead of increasing storage, is it possible to stack subscriptions to extend validity?

For example:
If I buy a 200GB annual plan 5 times, will it give me 200GB for 5 years, or will it just stack into 1TB for 1 year?

Would really appreciate if anyone has tried this or knows how Filen handles it.

Thanks!

Edit: my budget is around 200 USD for getting around 5 year cloud storage..
Edit 2: As people suggested, filen will stack only storage so if can anyone recommend any cloud storage which suits my demand, i would be grateful. 450usd for pcloud is out of my budget, hence can't opt for it..

I’ve been a bit worried about the lack of Linux support lately, so I decided to switch from Proton Drive to Filen since their Linux integration (WebDAV, etc.) is way better. But honestly, I’m shocked at how hard it is to actually leave. It’s almost impossible to get my photos and videos out. Rclone keeps hitting decryption errors with my keys, and trying to download everything via the browser is a lost cause.

We need a proper export tool right now.

Edit 01: Well looks like it worked...

To make the files accessible to the system, I mounted the drive. I highly recommend using the cache flag to avoid timeout errors:

mkdir -p ~/mnt/proton

rclone mount proton: ~/mnt/proton --vfs-cache-mode full

With Filen running natively (syncing a local folder), I started moving the data folder by folder. I used the standard cp command with the verbose flag to track progress, besides, this was very slow since everything has to be decrypted from Proton, downloaded to your temp cache, and then encrypted and uploaded by Filen, it takes a toll on the CPU and bandwidth. I encountered a few erros but a second pass on those specific folders/files usually fixed it.

cp -rv ~/mnt/proton/Documents ~/Filen/ (or just drag and drop folder by folder / Ctrl C + V)

For those who use Proton Docs when you mount Proton Drive via rclone, the Docs files appear in your file manager, but they are essentially just "pointers." You cannot migrate Proton Docs via rclone. You have to go to the Proton Drive web interface, open each document, and manually download them as .docx.

Just right now I'm trying to download my entire photos collection. Hoping everything works out.

Is there any way to protect public links against password brute force attacks, like time gating or limited attempts etc ?

Hello,
even though Camera Upload is activated (albums are selected, cloud directory too, background upload is on as well), I won't sync a single photo from my gallery.

What am I doing wrong?

P.S.: I'm not a tech-savvy user, I thought it is going to work as easy and straightforward as OneDrive/pCloud.

I have a note named "temp1" that I use to transfer bits of text between my phone and my computer. However, 9 times out of 10, the changes I make to the note aren't saved. I reopen the note and the old text is there. I usually have to update the note several times to get it to stick. Sometimes typing random gibberish at the bottom seems to help? This doesn't happen for newly-created notes, but I don't want to have dozens of "temp" notes. My process is this (on my phone):

1. Open the note.
2. Select all.
3. Delete.
4. Paste from clipboard.
5. Wait for spinning icon in the top right to finish.
6. Hit the back arrow.

Idk how this function is called, but are there any plans for desktop app to manage files on desktop like popular cloud providers: icloud Google Drive, protondrive etc.

If I could keep files like “in the file system”, and offload them if I dont need them it would be great.

Any plans for that?

Example: if i upload file named IMG_1000.png or VID_20260129_1923.mp4, it will become 184.jpg and 185.mp4 after being uploaded on Filen,

the number is causing problem with sorting because old file can become new and new file become old when sorted.

is there anyway to disable this and keep the file name as is?

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Uploading files to Filen via the IOS app. In this case, photos from an SD card. Selected the files for upload which appears to complete without error, but when checking the files, many upload as 0 Bytes.

The log, however, identifies these files as "uploaded". (Picked one for reference since log file is not in same order as files sorted by size).

Is this is known issue? Is there a fix? How can I rely on Filen to upload files if it doesn't accurately keep track of what has been uploaded and what has not? Do I have to manually check every file?

48 out of 150 files "uploaded" as 0 bytes (32%). An obviously unacceptable failure rate (especially with no corresponding notification of error).

As a photographer, I need to be able to upload by photos from my SD card (daily backups) and know that they will actually upload.