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Features / May 15 2025

Beginner's Guide to the Koofr Web App

Koofr is your go-to cloud storage solution for secure and efficient file management. With a user-friendly interface and features like file sharing, integration with other cloud storage services, as well as its customisable settings, it’s designed to streamline file management. Explore our beginner's guide for all users starting with the Koofr web app, and embark on your Koofr journey seamlessly.

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Koofr is a European cloud storage provider with a strong emphasis on user privacy and data security. With over 12 years of experience in the market, Koofr has become a reliable choice for individuals and businesses seeking a secure way to manage their files.

Accessible through the web app, mobile and desktop apps, Koofr ensures flexibility and convenience, allowing you to access your data anytime and anywhere. Let's take a closer look at the features and advantages of the Koofr web app through the eyes of a beginner.

Koofr Web App: Features and Navigation


The Koofr web app provides an intuitive and privacy-focused way to manage your files in the cloud. Sign in with your existing credentials or create a new Koofr account and start managing your files securely.

Koofr's web app is designed with simplicity in mind, featuring:

Koofr features that you shouldn't miss.

The picture below shows where to find the Main Menu, the Account Menu, and the Space stats for your account, as well as Help and Support.

Koofr We Application Menu Overview

The Account Menu


The Account Menu, which opens if you click on the profile picture in the top-right corner of the app, houses these:

  • Links: See and manage your download and upload links.
  • Preferences: Change the account details settings. Read more on this below.
  • Help and support: Open our help and support centre. Read more on this in the last paragraph of this blog.
  • What's new: Read Koofr changelog and be on track with all the updates.
  • Upgrade account: See your current subscription, upgrade your Koofr account, view your invoices or buy a gift card.
  • EXP Tools: Access our EXP Tools, available in the paid Koofr accounts.

Select Preferences and get the option to change your account details, password, and its security settings. These are the Preferences highlights:

The Account Preferences Menu

Account Settings


Your Koofr Account Settings are available with a click on the Account Menu and Preferences. In the view that opens you'll see Account in the top-right corner. Click on it, and the view in the picture below will open.

Koofr Account Settings

Here you can view your space usage as well as your current subscription, easily upgrade your Koofr plan and see the loyalty discount you are eligible for. You can also see your invoices and purchase Koofr gift cards here, or by clicking on the Gift Cards button at the top of the main Koofr web app window.

At Koofr, Loyalty Comes With a Discount

Under Free addons, you'll see the 10 GB of free storage that remains yours regardless of your current plan.

The Main Menu


The Main Menu provides quick access to some important features:

How to automatically backup your photos and videos from your social media accounts to Koofr: Transfer a Copy of Your Instagram Social Life or Transfer a Copy of Your Facebook Photos and Videos.

Adding files and folders to Koofr and working with them


Now that we are done with formalities, it is time we upload some files. You can do that by clicking on the green Add button at the top of the main Koofr web app screen. A drop-down menu opens, where you can select to Upload file, Upload folder or Create folder in your Koofr account. You can also simply upload files by dragging and dropping them to Koofr or create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and text files directly inside your Koofr account.

Koofr web app beginners guide adding files to your koofr account

Once your files are successfully uploaded, you can select a file by hovering over it and clicking in the checkbox that appears. The file is selected once the checkmark appears next to it.

Selecting a file enables several options in the Editing Menu

When a file is selected, the Editing Menu will appear, where you will see the options to Copy, Move, Download, Delete, Rename and Label your file and see the file Info as well as its previous versions. To deselect your file, remove the checkmark next to it. The drop-down of the Editing Menu also appears with the right-click on the selected file.

Koofr web app interface offers two viewing options - the List View and Tile View, one offering to see files in an organised and detailed way, the other offering a grid display for easier visual navigation. You can simply switch between them in the Main toolbar, by clicking on the button marked in the picture below.

Koofr Web App Change View

Sharing files in Koofr is seamless and available both in list and tile views. Select a file and click on the Share button in List View or the sharing icon in Tile view. Select the Add people or Send link options.

Overview of sharing options in Koofr

Help and Support


We hope we made your life and your start with Koofr web app a bit easier.

If you need additional Help, open our Help and support center below the Main Menu in the Koofr web app or in the Account Menu.

Additional Help is Available in the Help and Support

Discover more of Koofr's advanced features.

Editor's Note: This post was first published in 2020. We've updated and enhanced the content to improve clarity and detail. Whether you're revisiting or reading it for the first time, we hope this improved version offers an even better experience.


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