Published: October 8, 2025
Last updated: August 30, 2026

Standard shares with full viewing and downloading capabilities for shared files and directories.

What Normal Shares Include

Normal shares provide:

  • File and directory browsing - Navigate through folders
  • File viewing in browser - Preview files without downloading
  • File downloading - Download individual files or entire folders
  • Thumbnail previews - Image thumbnails for quick identification
  • Quick download buttons - One-click download actions (optional)
  • OnlyOffice integration - View and edit office documents (optional)

How to Create a Normal Share

  1. Navigate to the file or directory you want to share
  2. Click the Share button in the actions menu
  3. Ensure Share Type is set to Normal (default)
  4. Configure your desired options
  5. Click Share to generate the link
  6. Copy and share the generated URL

Normal share-specific options

These options only apply to normal shares. They appear in the share dialog in the same order as the application. See Common options for the full dialog including shared settings.

Allow editing and modifying files in the share.

Allow creating new files and folders, and uploading files to the share.

Allow deleting files and folders from the share.

Advanced options

Default view mode

Set the default view mode for anonymous users viewing this share.

Allow replacing existing files when uploading (only when Allow create is enabled).

Prevent downloading files from this share.

Prevent viewing files in the browser — users can only download files.

Display quick download buttons for files in the share.

Allow viewing office files using OnlyOffice (when OnlyOffice is configured).

Preview thumbnails will not be shown in the share.

Show hidden files and folders in the share.

Each authenticated user gets their own download counter. Anonymous users are blocked.

Extract embedded subtitles from media files on load — this can be slow for large files.

Next Steps