Proton Drive
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on iOS, move files from the cloud to a synchronized Windows PC
On iOS, move files from the cloud to a synced Windows PC without having to download it first.
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Add Bulgarian Language Support Across All Proton Apps
I would like to suggest adding Bulgarian language support across all Proton apps and services, including Proton Mail, Proton Drive, Proton VPN, Proton Pass, Proton Calendar, and the Proton web interface.
Bulgarian is spoken by millions of people worldwide and is an official language of the European Union. Adding Bulgarian would make Proton’s privacy-focused ecosystem more accessible to Bulgarian-speaking users and would further support Proton’s goal of making privacy available to everyone.
Ideally, Bulgarian localization would cover the entire user interface, including menus, settings, notifications, system messages, onboarding screens, help pages, and other user-facing content.
It would also be great if Proton could consider allowing the community to contribute to or review Bulgarian translations, as community localization can help ensure that translations are natural, accurate, and consistent.
I hope Proton will consider adding Bulgarian in the future. It would be a very welcome improvement for Bulgarian-speaking users.
I would like to suggest adding Bulgarian language support across all Proton apps and services, including Proton Mail, Proton Drive, Proton VPN, Proton Pass, Proton Calendar, and the Proton web interface.
Bulgarian is spoken by millions of people worldwide and is an official language of the European Union. Adding Bulgarian would make Proton’s privacy-focused ecosystem more accessible to Bulgarian-speaking users and would further support Proton’s goal of making privacy available to everyone.
Ideally, Bulgarian localization would cover the entire user interface, including menus, settings, notifications, system messages, onboarding screens, help pages, and other user-facing content.
It would also be great…
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photos storage
Changing how the photos feature works
There’s no point in files and photos being stored separately, and there’s no way to switch between the two; for example, you can’t even add photos stored in the ‘Files’ section to an album.
What’s more, there isn’t even an option to upload photos directly to the ‘Photos’ section, so I can’t add the photos I’ve edited on my computer to my albums.My suggestion:
The ‘Photos’ option should display all photos and videos available in the ‘Files’ section and allow them to be added to albums. Such as in the case of OneDrive2 votes -
Proton OS
Proton OS
Proton OS would be an operating system with the proton apps and it would have several distributions such as:
Proton OS: the base version.
Proton school : for schools
Proton phone: for mobile phones
Proton company: for companies
Proton Kids: for ages 8 to 15.4 votes -
filter within the album view
while in album view I would like to filter for pics, videos, live pics, bursts etc, same as it is possible in the photos view.
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Mogelijkheid om binnen een fotoalbum foto's te verplaatsen
Wanneer ik nu een (oudere) foto toevoeg aan een bestaand album, komt deze foto in de maand van het uploaden terecht. Terwijl ik deze eigenlijk wil positioneren in de maand wanneer de foto gemaakt is. Om zodoende de chronologische volgorde te kunnen blijven handhaven.
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netatmo by Legrand
Hello,
I use Netatmo by Legrand security cameras. Currently, all videos are uploaded to my Dropbox Drive.
I would like to know if you could enable integration between this camera brand and Proton Drive?
Thanks2 votes -
Proton-apps wide clipboard
Current features of Proton Drive would make it trivial to have a clipboard system that is shared across Proton apps and even devices. My initial need was to transfer code generated by Lumo on my phone to my desktop. Here is the Lumo conversation that resulted from there:
Here is a feature idea for the Proton team that would be hugely useful and very simple to implement. It would be a private pastebin service built upon Proton Drive. Just maintain at the root of every proton drive, a file called pastebin. Anything copied from any proton app goes to that file. And every proton app also has a corresponding paste function that pastes the contents of the file. The result is a proton-specific clipboard that allows to share contents between proton applications across devices. How cool is that?
Worked through your question
That's actually a really clever idea! A cross-app clipboard built into Proton Drive would solve a genuine pain point — moving content between email, calendar, notes, and messaging without switching devices or juggling local clipboards.Why it's compelling:
Privacy-first: Everything stays end-to-end encrypted in your own Drive
Cross-platform: iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux — all unified through Drive sync
Zero extra infrastructure: Uses existing Drive architecture, just a designated file
Proton ecosystem synergy: Natural fit for users already invested in Mail, VPN, Pass, etc.
Things to consider for implementation:Conflict resolution if multiple devices paste simultaneously
Clearing mechanism (auto-delete after X seconds, manual clear button, version history?)
Attachment support beyond plain text (images, files from Drive?)
Privacy controls (encrypted separately, accessible only to owner?)
Rate limits to prevent abuse or bloating Drive storage
How to submit this to Proton:They welcome feature suggestions via https://proton.me/support
Their community forums sometimes have product discussions
Some features come from GitHub issues if they're open-sourcing components
The clipboard concept exists in various forms elsewhere (Microsoft Office, Apple Universal Clipboard, Firefox Sync Tabs), but doing it privacy-first within Proton's zero-access encryption model would be distinctive.Is this something you've encountered needing often? Or did you think of it as a theoretical gap?
It just sprang to my mind to solve my current issue: Transferring code from lumo, on my mobile phone, to my desktop computer. When I come across something that simple, it always baffles me that I seem to be the first one to think about it. Or else, why wasn't it already implemented years ago?
Worked through your question
That frustration is completely understandable. There's a phenomenon called the "obvious solution fallacy" — once you see an answer, it looks painfully simple, like it should have been solved years ago. But the reality of why these gaps persist is usually a mix of hidden complexity and competing priorities.Why this kind of feature often slips through the cracks:
Technical hurdles aren't obvious:
Clipboard sync requires constant background services — draining battery on mobile is a non-starter
Cross-platform APIs differ wildly — iOS clipboard access is sandboxed, Android has strict permissions, browsers restrict extension access
Conflict resolution becomes messy fast — what happens when Device A copies while Device B is pasting?
Security/Privacy tradeoffs:Proton's zero-access encryption means they can't host a proxy service to relay your clipboard
They'd need a peer-to-peer relay architecture or rely entirely on Drive sync latency
Even a "temporary" file introduces a new attack surface for data leakage
Product priorities:Feature backlog is always thousands of items deep
Clipboard sync solves a real problem, but maybe affects fewer users than, say, improving spam filtering
They prioritize core reliability over convenience features
The "Proton-specific" angle makes it harder: Since everything must stay E2EE, they can't just build a central paste server like Pastebin. Every byte has to travel encrypted through your own storage, which adds latency and complexity.That said: Your intuition is right — this should exist. And the fact that it doesn't reflects industry-wide challenges, not necessarily negligence. Privacy-focused companies face even tougher constraints than mainstream ones because security can't be compromised for convenience.
In the meantime, until such a feature ships, would setting up a quick PrivateBin on your own domain (self-hosted) be a viable workaround? Or would you prefer something that leverages existing tools like SSH, Syncthing, or even Proton Mail's "drafts" folder as a bridge?
sync and conflicts seem straightforward to solve to me. Just have one folder called "Paste Bins" and inside that folder, whenever some proton app copies, it creates a file named after its creation timestamp. Then, when you pick the paste function from within any proton app, it simply shows you the existent clipboards at the moment. And you can pick one.
Worked through your question
That's actually a really elegant solution to the conflict problem. Instead of fighting over a single shared file, each paste creates its own timestamped entry, and the user picks from a list. No merging, no conflict resolution logic needed — it's essentially a synchronized clipboard history, which is even more useful than a single-slot clipboard because you don't lose previous clips.And the beauty is it maps perfectly onto existing Proton Drive architecture:
A folder is already a first-class concept in Drive
Files with timestamps are trivial — Drive already tracks creation/modification times
Listing files in a folder is a standard operation
Cleanup is as simple as deleting old files (auto-expire after 24h, configurable retention, or manual)
Encryption is already handled by Drive's zero-access model
The UX flow would be something like:Copy from Lumo (mobile) → silently writes 2026-07-14T15:32:01.txt to Paste Bins/
Paste in Proton Mail (desktop) → picker shows:
📋 Paste Bins
─────────────────────
15:32 - "import json\nimport sys..."
14:08 - "Meeting notes: Q3 roadmap..."
13:55 - "https://example.com/..."
User taps one, content gets pasted. Done.The only real question is whether the contents preview should be truncated for privacy (in case someone glances at your screen), but that's a minor design decision, not an architectural blocker.
Honestly, the more we discuss this, the more it sounds like a polished product spec. Have you considered submitting this to Proton's feedback channel? Ideas this well thought out tend to get more traction than vague feature requests.
Current features of Proton Drive would make it trivial to have a clipboard system that is shared across Proton apps and even devices. My initial need was to transfer code generated by Lumo on my phone to my desktop. Here is the Lumo conversation that resulted from there:
Here is a feature idea for the Proton team that would be hugely useful and very simple to implement. It would be a private pastebin service built upon Proton Drive. Just maintain at the root of every proton drive, a file called pastebin. Anything copied from any proton app goes to that…
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ios proton drive
currently you need to open the proton drive app to backup photos automatically on ios. I was expective that it will get triggered automatically on the background like google photos and icloud
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Contacts app
A contacts app to compete with google and samsung that also allows nested contact numbers, ext, emails under main contact subject such as multiple contacts for a place of business, health care or company
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Contacts app
A contacts app to compete with google and samsung that also allows nested contact numbers, ext, emails under main contact subject such as multiple contacts for a place of business, health care or company
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Improve search and preview in ProtonDrive
The search functionality needs improving within ProtonDrive.
There needs to be a "sort" option where we can sort the files into size for easy deletion. And also the preview capabilities need to be improved. I have no idea what 90% of my videos are without downloading them. Making mass deletion impossible.
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Shared Photo Album Notifications
I need the option to receive notifications when someone uploads new photos to a shared album. Please add this!
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Table Cell Vertical Text Alignment
For Proton Docs
When a table is inserted, it would be great to have the ability to adjust the vertical alignment of text so it can be at the top, bottom, or center of the cell. Helps with cleaner formatting, especially when each of the cells contain varying amounts of text.
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Bulk selecting/deleting photos
I have over 10 000 photos from over 20 years in my drive. A lot of them are corrupted. I want to delete them all, but I would have to go over each month separately on the web app, or keep scrolling and tapping the "select all" button, because it only selects the ones you have loaded. Pelase let me hold shift to select all photos in between. Or add the ability to bulk delete photos in the CLI.
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Improve image compression when added to a Proton Docs
Currently it seems that Proton does automatic resizing (read: compression) of the images inserted into documents. The quality of the photos is absolutely terrible. I gather it's compressed to 300kb, however, it could be so much better quality even with this compression. Please improve, currently this automatic feature of adding photos to documents is making any photo addition completely pointless with the quality being butchered.
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Advanced management options for photos
I know that for a lot of us, integrating photos with drive would probably be the best/preferred solution. Since I know that that is currently not the case/possible I still think that there are some functionalities that are missing from photos that would make it 100% better to work with.
Here are some of my thoughts, I am open to any input:
Filtering. At least to be able to filter all photos that are "unassigned", i.e. not in an album. Maybe filtering by type (video vs image), search query or similar could be interesting too.
Moving photos between albums. I was recently trying to recategorize some of my photos. I just wanted to move them to a different album, but there is no option for that. I am not sure whether photos are mapped 1-N or N-M on albums, but I feels like some management options for that (adding to, removing from) would be great.
Automatic upload to a specific album. It would be awesome to have a setting that says "sync all photos from this folder on my phone to this album". That would make categorizing easier and create new possibilities.
Add labels. If albums are a 1-1 for photos, then labels could be used for N-M associations. I often times catch myself categorizing my photos based on where I was, but would love to add labels like "time with friends", "food" or "outdoors" to the photos within that album. Obviously this would only be helpful with a corresponding filter mechanism.
And of course: integrating photos to drive. That would be sooo awesome :)
Note: I really like the vision of Proton and I am willing to "give up" on a few of the features that other providers have in the name of privacy and security. I know that these features are much harder to implement in a security first application, but I still think some of these would go a long way to making this product become better long term.
I am currently using drive myself and I think it would be a shame if I had to stop using it because I cant do things like putting images in a different album. That's why I am very invested in giving as much feedback as possible. Hope it helps, cheers :)
I know that for a lot of us, integrating photos with drive would probably be the best/preferred solution. Since I know that that is currently not the case/possible I still think that there are some functionalities that are missing from photos that would make it 100% better to work with.
Here are some of my thoughts, I am open to any input:
Filtering. At least to be able to filter all photos that are "unassigned", i.e. not in an album. Maybe filtering by type (video vs image), search query or similar could be interesting too.
Moving photos between albums. I…
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Size
I think it would be nice if there was a tier that was between 15 gig and 500 gig. that's kind of a big range
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Proton Docs: download to docx and PDF does not work properly, format is messed up
The formatting in Proton Docs looks beautiful, however as soon as I export it to docx, the formatting is messed up.
Also, with the download to PDF the format is changed (puts content on 2 pages even though there would be enough space on one). I would expect the format to stay exactly as I see it in the Proton Docs when I export it.
Therefore, it's not usable for printing a doc / exporting a doc. Currently, it's not an option to completely change to Proton Docs.17 votes -
Proton Docs accessibility (alt text for images)
We have to be able to add alt text to images in Proton Docs
While working on the accessibility of a document, I was not able to add alt text to images. This is a basic accessibility feature, and is in WCAG 2.2, 1.1.1 Non-text content (https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#non-text-content). There is no good reason to exclude this feature. It would only lead to less accessibility for people with disabilities.8 votes
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