Nextcloud User Manual
Release 14
The Nextcloud developers
November 22, 2018
CONTENTS
1 Nextcloud 14 user manual introduction 1
2 What’s new for users in Nextcloud 14 3
3 The Nextcloud Web interface 7
3.1 Navigating the main user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4 Files & synchronization 11
4.1 Accessing your files using the Nextcloud Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2 Accessing Nextcloud files using WebDAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3 Gallery app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.4 Managing deleted files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.5 Desktop and mobile synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.6 Encrypting your Nextcloud files on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.7 Using Federation Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.8 Making anonymous uploads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.9 Large file uploads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.10 Storage quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.11 Version control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5 Contacts & calendar 45
5.1 Using the contacts app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.2 Using the calendar app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.3 Synchronize Android . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.4 iOS - synchronize iPhone/iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5.5 Synchronizing with macOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
5.6 Thunderbird - synchronize addressbook and calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
5.7 Synchronizing with KDE PIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.8 Synchronizing with Windows 10 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6 Setting your preferences 67
7 Using two-factor authentication 69
7.1 Configuring two-factor authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.2 Recovery codes in case you lost your 2nd factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.3 Logging in with two-factor authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.4 Using client applications with two-factor authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
8 Manage connected browsers and devices 73
8.1 Managing connected browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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CHAPTER
ONE
NEXTCLOUD 14 USER MANUAL INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Nextcloud: A safe home for all your data.
Nextcloud is open source file sync and share software for everyone from individuals operating the free Nextcloud
Server in the privacy of their own home, to large enterprises and service providers supported by the Nextcloud En-
terprise Subscription. Nextcloud provides a safe, secure, and compliant file synchronization and sharing solution on
servers that you control.
You can share one or more files and folders on your computer, and synchronize them with your Nextcloud server. Place
files in your local shared directories, and those files are immediately synchronized to the server and to other devices
using the Nextcloud Desktop Sync Client, Android app, or iOS app. To learn more about the Nextcloud desktop and
mobile clients, please refer to their respective manuals:
• Nextcloud Desktop Client
• Nextcloud Android App
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