🏠 Personal area

Your own storage space on our server in Switzerland – like a safe-deposit box you can open from anywhere.

What it does for you

• Your files aren't only on one device – if the laptop breaks, they are still there.
• You can reach your files from any computer and from your phone.
• You can safely pass files on to others, even to people without DasDing.
• Deleted by mistake? For 30 days you can get it back from the trash.

Who it is for: Everyone – this is the heart of DasDing.
What you need: Just your account. Every account has standard storage; more space comes with a storage plan.

The presentation is on the laptop at home, but you are at the office. You want to give the holiday photos to the family, but they are too big for an e-mail. That is exactly what the personal area is for.

How it works

The 🏠 Personal area is a folder on our server that belongs only to you. Other users don't see it. What you upload is transferred over an encrypted connection, checked for viruses and stored. From every device where you are signed in to DasDing, you see the same contents.

Uploading files

• Simply drag files into the window – “Release to upload to …” appears.
• Or use the buttons ⇪ Upload files or ⇪ Upload folders.
• You see the progress at the bottom in the downloads bar (collapsible with ▾ / ▸).

Organising

＋ New folder, ✎ Rename, ⇄ Move and 🗑 Delete – just like in Explorer.

Downloading

Select files or folders and click ⇩ Download. Where they go is set under ⚙ Settings. DasDing downloads large files in several parts at the same time, which is much faster even on slow connections.

Searching

🔍 Search the whole area … searches all your folders (from two letters). Click a result to open its folder, double-click to download or play the file. The “Filter …” field, on the other hand, only shows matches in the current folder, and the file type filter next to it hides everything except videos, music, images, documents or archives.

Trash – deleted by mistake?

What you delete isn't gone immediately: it goes to the 🗑 Trash and stays there for 30 days. After that the server cleans it up automatically.

1. Click 🗑 Trash in the bar.
2. Select the files you want and click ↩ Restore – they go back to their original place.
3. Delete permanently or Empty trash frees up space – this can't be undone.

Files in the trash still count towards your used storage.

Sharing files (Shared)

This is how you give a file to someone who doesn't have DasDing – for example a video to the grandparents:

1. Click the file, then 🔗 Shared.
2. DasDing moves the file to your Shared folder (it asks first).
3. Choose a password for the link (at least 6 characters) → Create link → 📋 Copy.
4. Send the link and the password to the person – ideally two different ways, for example the link by e-mail and the password by text message. Then one intercepted message alone is not enough.

The person opens the link in the browser, enters the password and downloads the file – without an account and without a program.

TIP

The link is valid for 1, 3, 7, 14 or 30 days – you choose under “Valid for” when creating it (default: 1 day). After that only the link is invalid – the file stays unchanged in the Shared folder. If it is moved, renamed or deleted before then, the link is invalid immediately. Under 🔗 Shared you see all your links and can delete them at any time before. Only share files you are allowed to pass on.

Storage space

At the bottom of the bar it says “X of Y used”. More space is available via ＋ Storage, see Storage & plan.

Other ways to use your storage

• Back up folders automatically – a PC folder is continuously copied here.
• Mount as a drive – your area appears in Explorer like a USB stick.
• Cloud connections – bring files over from Dropbox, OneDrive or Nextcloud.
• Play audio and video – films and music directly in the program.

Can someone at DasDing look at my files?

Normal files are on our server as with any cloud storage and are checked for viruses automatically – but not looked at by people. Anything that absolutely nobody may see belongs in an encrypted container: nobody at our end can open that either.

An uploaded file has disappeared.

The virus scan removes files in which it finds malware. Also look in the trash. Otherwise Support can help.

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This guide is also available in the program under 📖 Guides – with jump links to the other guides.