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Add Photos tab to proton Drive sync
Proton Drive only syncs files in the "My files" tab. I want to be able to sync the the files in the "Photos" tab to my computer, so that I can organize and edit my photos with the applications of choice on my computer, and sync them back to the Proton drive cloud, using it as a backup and for image viewing. I think this could be an alternative to making the web version of Proton Drive to a complete photo editing tool.
6 votes -
Please show storage information for Files (GB), Photos (GB) and Trash (GB) on the webpage so that we can better manage
Please show storage information for Files (GB), Photos (GB) and Trash (GB) on the webpage so that we can better manage
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Proton Sheets -- INDEX Function Bug
The Index Function in Sheets appears to have a bug. It seems you cannot index the same column or row that the calculated cell is in. The suggested result when typing the function is correct, but when the function is entered, it returns "Error, circular dependency detected."
Examples:
Value in cell A1 --> 20
Function in cell A2 --> =INDEX(A:A, row() - 1) (suggestion shows 20)
Actual Result
Value in A2 --> "Error, circular dependency detected"Expected Result (works in Excel and Google Sheets)
Value in A2 --> 20Value in cell E10 --> 15
Function in cell F10 --> =INDEX(A10:R10, column() - 1) (suggestion shows 15)
Actual Result
Value in F10 --> "Error, circular dependency detected"Expected Result (works in Excel and Google Sheets)
Value in F10 --> 15The Index Function in Sheets appears to have a bug. It seems you cannot index the same column or row that the calculated cell is in. The suggested result when typing the function is correct, but when the function is entered, it returns "Error, circular dependency detected."
Examples:
Value in cell A1 --> 20
Function in cell A2 --> =INDEX(A:A, row() - 1) (suggestion shows 20)
Actual Result
Value in A2 --> "Error, circular dependency detected"Expected Result (works in Excel and Google Sheets)
Value in A2 --> 20Value in cell E10 --> 15
Function in cell F10 -->…
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hide menubar item macOS
Ability to hide Proton Drive menubar icon in MacOS.
1 vote -
Upload more than one file at a time
Several files (3–5) should be uploaded at the same time.
If there is a very large file among them, it would be helpful to upload smaller files in parallel.3 votes -
Add ability to free up space by deleting backed up photos from device
The Android app (and iOS, too, probably) already has the ability to back up photos to Proton Drive. What would be really helpful, and for feature parity with Google Photos, is a "Free up space" option that would simple delete photos from the device that have already been backed up to Proton Drive. You could do Google Photos one better by having an option to do that on-the-fly, as well, instead of it being a manual process.
5 votes -
Hide Microsoft Office temporary files from Recent Activity and Trash
When using Microsoft Office with Proton Drive sync, temporary Office files such as ~$filename.docx appear in Recent Activity and Trash.
These files are automatically created and deleted by Microsoft Office during normal operation, which creates unnecessary noise and clutter in activity/history/trash views — especially when working with many documents.
Other cloud storage providers such as OneDrive or Dropbox seem to suppress them from user-facing views.
It would greatly improve the overall UX if Proton Drive ignored or hid known Microsoft Office temporary files entirely.
Additional thoughts:
• If deletion/recovery notifications are enabled, they are triggered whenever Word closes a document.
• While these temporary files may still serve internal Microsoft Office purposes, they are not meaningful user documents and do not need to be surfaced prominently in Proton Drive.When using Microsoft Office with Proton Drive sync, temporary Office files such as ~$filename.docx appear in Recent Activity and Trash.
These files are automatically created and deleted by Microsoft Office during normal operation, which creates unnecessary noise and clutter in activity/history/trash views — especially when working with many documents.
Other cloud storage providers such as OneDrive or Dropbox seem to suppress them from user-facing views.
It would greatly improve the overall UX if Proton Drive ignored or hid known Microsoft Office temporary files entirely.
Additional thoughts:
• If deletion/recovery notifications are enabled, they are triggered whenever Word closes a document.…3 votes -
Currently, when backing up photos from a smartphone
Hello Proton Drive Team,
I wanted to share some feedback that I hope will be useful to you.
Currently, when backing up photos from a smartphone, the folder structure is not preserved in the cloud. All photos end up mixed together in one place (or with very limited organization), even though they are neatly sorted into thematic folders on the phone (e.g. Vacation 2025, Family, Home Projects, etc.).
It would be really helpful if Proton Drive respected the original folder structure. This would allow us to find the folder names directly in the cloud without having to reorganize everything manually.
This makes a big difference in terms of organization and user experience, especially for those with a large number of photos.
Thank you for your great work and for listening to user feedback! 🙏Hello Proton Drive Team,
I wanted to share some feedback that I hope will be useful to you.
Currently, when backing up photos from a smartphone, the folder structure is not preserved in the cloud. All photos end up mixed together in one place (or with very limited organization), even though they are neatly sorted into thematic folders on the phone (e.g. Vacation 2025, Family, Home Projects, etc.).
It would be really helpful if Proton Drive respected the original folder structure. This would allow us to find the folder names directly in the cloud without having to reorganize everything manually.…3 votes -
Proton Drive file sorting in mobile app
In the Proton drive web app, sorting of files within folders by last change or size works properly, for files in 'my files' as well as for files in 'computers'.
This function does not work regarding last change in the synchronized 'computers' folders in the mobile app. This is a signifcant deficit, since the newest files should be easy to access!1 vote -
Support "Bring Your Own Storage" (BYOS) / Private Storage Nodes
Dear Proton Community and Development Team,
We, the undersigned, propose the introduction of a "Screwdriver Tier" that allows users to leverage Proton's world-class encryption and UI while hosting the physical data on their own hardware. This "Bring Your Own Storage" (BYOS) model would transform Proton into a secure bridge for private infrastructure.
1) The "Screwdriver" (Self-Hosted) Tier:
Private Storage Nodes: Allow users to connect local NAS (Network Attached Storage), home servers, or massive external drives to the Proton Drive ecosystem via an encrypted tunnel.
Proton as the Interface: Use the official Proton Drive web and mobile apps to browse, share, and manage files that are physically stored in the user's living room rather than the Swiss bunker.
Zero-Knowledge Tunneling: Proton manages the "handshake" and the encryption keys, ensuring the data is never unencrypted on the public web, but the "bucket" remains the user's property.
2) The Hybrid Business Model:
Software Subscription Fee: Users pay a flat monthly fee for access to the Proton "Guard" (the encryption software, the secure tunnel, and the UI) without needing to rent massive amounts of server space.
Infinite Scalability: The storage limit is defined by the user's hardware. If I plug in a 20TB drive, my Proton Drive reflects 20TB of space.
Justification & Benefits:
Market Pioneer: Proton would be the first major privacy company to offer a seamless bridge between "Self-Hosting" (which is currently too complex for most) and "Cloud Privacy" (which is currently too expensive for mass storage).
Reduced Overhead: Proton significantly lowers its electricity and server maintenance costs in the K7 bunker while maintaining a steady, high-margin revenue stream from software subscriptions.
True Sovereignty: This perfectly aligns with Proton’s mission of digital freedom, allowing users to own their keys AND their "granite."
Let us provide the hardware; you provide the Swiss Guard!
Dear Proton Community and Development Team,
We, the undersigned, propose the introduction of a "Screwdriver Tier" that allows users to leverage Proton's world-class encryption and UI while hosting the physical data on their own hardware. This "Bring Your Own Storage" (BYOS) model would transform Proton into a secure bridge for private infrastructure.
1) The "Screwdriver" (Self-Hosted) Tier:
Private Storage Nodes: Allow users to connect local NAS (Network Attached Storage), home servers, or massive external drives to the Proton Drive ecosystem via an encrypted tunnel.
Proton as the Interface: Use the official Proton Drive web and mobile apps to browse, share,…
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UNAS Cloud Sync
It would be a very nice feature to have my Ubiquity UNAS Pro sync to Proton Drive
18 votes -
Show thumbnails for offloaded image and video files on Windows
Currently when files are offloaded on Windows, there's no image or video thumbnails generated, so you either need to use the web app, or need to re-download entire folders of files back to the PC just to be able to find a specific file.
It would be much better if these worked like OneDrive and iCloud Photos where the files are stored online-only but are still able to generate local thumbnails for quick and convenient browsing.
Ideally this should also support modern image and video formats (AVIF/AV1, HEIF/HEVC, WEBP etc) as well as just the basic JPG and PNGs as well.
Currently when files are offloaded on Windows, there's no image or video thumbnails generated, so you either need to use the web app, or need to re-download entire folders of files back to the PC just to be able to find a specific file.
It would be much better if these worked like OneDrive and iCloud Photos where the files are stored online-only but are still able to generate local thumbnails for quick and convenient browsing.
Ideally this should also support modern image and video formats (AVIF/AV1, HEIF/HEVC, WEBP etc) as well as just the basic JPG and PNGs as…
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Proper Translation of Bulleted Lists from DOCX to Proton Documents
After Google Drive had scuffed and corrupted a handful of my documents, I recently decided to transfer my files onto Proton Drive. The service has been groovy so far, but I am afraid the formatting is not translating well from DOCX to Proton Documents. The primary issue is that many of my documents were organized with many dense, layered, bulleted lists. The bulleted lists, when transferred from DOCX to Proton Documents, tend to be "squished" all into a single layer.
I could manually "tab" the new documents to re-create the bulleted lists, but I am afraid that the dozens of documents are so heavily layered with deeply nested bullets and subcategories, such a task would be a logistical nightmare.
I vastly appreciate your time and feedback,After Google Drive had scuffed and corrupted a handful of my documents, I recently decided to transfer my files onto Proton Drive. The service has been groovy so far, but I am afraid the formatting is not translating well from DOCX to Proton Documents. The primary issue is that many of my documents were organized with many dense, layered, bulleted lists. The bulleted lists, when transferred from DOCX to Proton Documents, tend to be "squished" all into a single layer.
I could manually "tab" the new documents to re-create the bulleted lists, but I am afraid that the dozens of…3 votes -
On file upload to Drive, please report number of files total and number remaining
Current upload progress shows "% Complete" which is just feels. Anyone with real file management experience needs to know how many files were queued and how many remain in the upload.
1 vote -
Webinterface Uploading: Better handling of unfinished uploads / optimize overwrite option dialog window
Currently, when an upload fails, you probably just want to restart and continue the upload. Imagine you have 300 folders with 17.000 files inside to upload and at some point the upload fails. So you are left alone with a complete file structure but with unknown file completion status.
But if you just try to upload to the same folder structure again (overwrite), it recognizes that the folders are already there, but you only have the option to overwrite EVERYTHING, which can take a lot of time and is not what is needed in this situation. There is no option to NOT overwrite existing files with the same size. (just add the missing and uncompleted files).
So we need something like "Overwrite only files with different file size" (and add all the missing ones)
Could you please add such an option to the dialog window?Plus: In the small upload progress window, i am missing an option to retry/restart failed uploads. It often happens that the upload just stops (dont know why) and I have no option to retry the upload.
Please add an option to restart stalled/discontinued uploads again, ideally with an option to do this with all files in the window, you do not want to do this with 17.000 files one by one...Currently, when an upload fails, you probably just want to restart and continue the upload. Imagine you have 300 folders with 17.000 files inside to upload and at some point the upload fails. So you are left alone with a complete file structure but with unknown file completion status.
But if you just try to upload to the same folder structure again (overwrite), it recognizes that the folders are already there, but you only have the option to overwrite EVERYTHING, which can take a lot of time and is not what is needed in this situation. There is no option…7 votes -
Photos: add option to see only unsorted pictures
With 20.491 pictures uploaded, the main view is unusable, sluggish and way too long to just scroll down.
A lot of people ask to have the option to not see in Main the pictures already in a gallery; but why not add a tab next to "Panorama" "Bursts" etc with "unsorted"?
Thanks for considering this.
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sheet + wrap
When wrapping a column in sheets, it should adjust the height of all rows to fit the content of that column without the need of manually adjusting it.
Thx!2 votes -
Maintain version history for XLSX documents
Currently Proton Drive does not appear to maintain a version history for XLSX documents. That is a serious risk for anyone who stores information in this format, because all it takes is one erroneous save (or a ransomware attack) successfully syncing, and the data is gone for good. One major argument for cloud drive use is exactly the prevention of such a scenario and frankly, when you promote a product with a 10 year version history then it adds a bitter aftertaste when that version history does not cover one of the file types where one will most need it.
So please, stop exempting XLSX files from version history. Do version history for all files instead.
Currently Proton Drive does not appear to maintain a version history for XLSX documents. That is a serious risk for anyone who stores information in this format, because all it takes is one erroneous save (or a ransomware attack) successfully syncing, and the data is gone for good. One major argument for cloud drive use is exactly the prevention of such a scenario and frankly, when you promote a product with a 10 year version history then it adds a bitter aftertaste when that version history does not cover one of the file types where one will most need it.
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2 votes -
Favorite multiple
Allow favoriting multiple photos at once
4 votes -
Browsing photos on Android downloads every photo opened
Browsing photos on Android Proton Drive downloads each photo previewed which is completely unnecessary.
4 votes
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