Getting Started

Enabling Synology Drive Server Service

If you are an administrator, please follow the instructions described in the Help article, Synology Drive Admin Console, to set up users’ My Drive and Team Folder. After the settings are configured, users with permission can start using Synology Drive based on the following instructions.

General Settings

You can modify general settings in Drive in the left sidebar, which includes the following icons:

To edit personal info:

Click the Account icon > Settings > Profile to edit your nickname and upload a photo.

To change the display language in Drive:

Click the Account icon > Settings > Profile and select one out of the 21 languages supported in Drive. This setting will apply to the entire Drive interface.

To set up notification preferences:

  1. Click the Account icon > Settings > General > Notification.
  2. Select whether you want to receive notifications via Email, Synology Chat, or both.

To set up an Email notification account:

  1. Click the Account icon > Settings > Profile.
  2. Enter an email account via which you want to receive notifications from Drive.

Note:

Administrators need to enable the Email notification service first.

To download the Synology Drive Client desktop application and Synology Drive mobile apps:

Click the Account icon > Client > Download client and install the desktop application or mobile app.

To view client connections:

Click the Account icon > Client > Client list to see the list of client computers and mobile devices that have been set up to sync files with your Synology NAS using the Drive service.

To manage client connections:

  1. Click Refresh to update the list.
  2. Select a client on the list, and then click Unlink to cut off the client's connection.

Note:

  1. Unlinked clients will need to reconfigure their connections to Drive before they can sync data to your Synology NAS again.
  2. Users with non-administrator accounts can manage their own connections as well.