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# CryptDrive
CryptDrive is where documents are stored and managed. It is the default landing page for **registered** users. You can also access it from the user menu.
## Display
You can choose to display your documents as a list or a grid. To switch between them, click on the view button at the right under the user avatar.
In grid mode, documents thumbnails are displayed. These can be turned on/off in the [**user settings**](../users/registered/settings#cryptdrive-settings).
# Documents management
Most common operations on folders can be done from the right-click menu. But there are also other ways.
## Create a folder
There are several ways to create a folder:
- clicking **+ New** option either at the toolbar or the main window (list mode or grid mode),
- right-clicking, or
- pressing `Ctrl` + `e` keys and selecting **Folder**.
Once the folder has been created, you can add documents to it by dragging them from the drive.
## Change folder color
To change a folder color, right-click on the folder you want to modify, select **Change color** and pick up a new color from the palette.
## Rename a folder
To rename a folder, right-click on the folder you want to rename, select **Rename** and edit the folder name.
## Renaming documents
You can rename a document just for you or for all users you are working with.
## To rename a document in your drive
- Right-click on a document, select **Rename**, change it and press `Enter`.
A flag icon will indicate that a document title is different in your drive than for other users.
## To rename a document for all users
- Access a document, click on the pencil icon at the right of its name, modify the name and click on the `✓` icon or press `Enter` to save it.
## Deleting a document
There are two options to delete a document:
1. **Move to trash**: this will send a document to your **Trash** can but it will remains in the CryptDrive database for other users who have previously stored it. The document can be recovered using the drive **history**.
- You can remove a document by dragging it to the **Trash**, right-clicking on it and selecting **Move to trash** or selecting it and pressing the `Del` key.
- To remove a document from the drive without storing it in the **Trash** first, select it and press the `Shift` + `Del` keys.
- To empty the **Trash** just right-click on the **Trash** tab and select **Empty the trash** or click on the **Trash** tab and then **EMPTY THE TRASH** button.
In any case, if you are the owner of some documents in the trash when you empty it, you will be prompted to decide if you want to **REMOVE** or **DESTROY** them.
2. **Detroy**: this action deletes a document from the database permanently. Destroying a document will delete it from all users drives that have store it, and it cannot be recovered again.
- To destroy a document, right-click on it and select **Destroy**.
!! Remember that if a document is not stored in any CryptDrive, it is automatically destroyed from the database after 90 days.
!! **NOTE**
!! Once destroyed, documents may still appear in other user's CryptDrives. Once a document has been added to someone's drive, the encrypted nature of CryptPad makes it impossible to take it back. Therefore a destroyed document may still appeared in a user's drive if they had previously stored it. However, they will not be able to open the document.
## History
CryptDrive saves a history of versions that can be restored if you need it.
To restore a version:
- click on the history button at the right of the toolbar, under the user avatar;
- navigate the history with the **|<< |<** and **>| >>|** arrows;
- once you find the version you were looking for, restore it by clicking on **RESTORE**. To exit the history without restoring, click on **CLOSE**.
!! **NOTE on shared folders**
!! Shared folders have their own history, separate from the CryptDrive's one. Restoring the history of the drive does not affect shared folders, conversely the history of a shared folder can be restored without affecting the rest of the drive.
## Tags
You can group documents in multiple categories by using tags. Your tags will not be visible to other users.
- To add or remove tags from a document in CryptPad:
Right-click on the document and select **Tags**
- To add or remove tags from a document:
Go to **File** -> **Tags**
- To add tags to multiple files:
1. Select the documents with the `Ctrl` + click,
2. right-click on the selected files and then **Tags**
## Templates
Templates are useful to create documents that has similar structure, avoiding creating new ones from the start.
To create a template, you can:
1. go to the **Template** tab and select **+ New**, or
2. from an existing document, go to **File** -> **Save as template**
Now to use a template, you can:
1. select it when creating a new document,
2. in an existing document, go to **File** -> **Import a template**. Keep in mind that **this option replaces the contents** of the document with the template.
