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title: Using ScaiDrive in your browser
path: user-guide/web-client
status: published
---

The web client at your organization's ScaiDrive URL (for example `https://drive.example.com/`) is the fastest way to get to your files from any device. There's nothing to install — sign in and you're in.

## Signing in

1. Open your organization's ScaiDrive URL.
2. Click **Sign in**. You'll be redirected to your company's single sign-on (ScaiKey).
3. After authenticating, you'll land in the file browser with a list of every share you can access on the left.

If your organization uses two-factor authentication, you'll be prompted by the SSO provider — ScaiDrive itself doesn't ask for codes.

## Finding your files

**Shares** appear in the left sidebar. A share is a top-level container — usually one per team, project, or department. Click a share to open it.

**Folders and files** show in the main panel. Double-click to open a folder or preview a file. Use the breadcrumb at the top to navigate back up.

**Search** is at the top of the page. Type a few words; results include both keyword matches and (if your organization has semantic search enabled) AI-powered "find what I mean" results. Press `Enter` to expand to the full search page, where you can filter by share, file type, or date.

## Uploading

Three ways:

- **Drag-and-drop** a file or folder anywhere in the file browser.
- **Click the Upload button** in the toolbar and pick files.
- **Paste** an image from your clipboard into an open folder.

For files larger than a few hundred megabytes the client uploads in chunks and shows a progress bar; you can close the tab and come back — the upload resumes automatically.

## Downloading

Click a file to preview it, then **Download** from the toolbar. To download a whole folder, right-click and choose **Download as zip**.

## Previewing

The web client renders most common formats directly in the browser:

- Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), PDFs, images, video, audio
- Plain text, Markdown (with syntax-highlighted code blocks), JSON, XML, source code

Files that can't be previewed show their metadata; you can still download or share them.

## Sharing

See [Sharing with your team](/docs/scaidrive/user-guide/sharing-with-your-team) for inviting people to a share, and [External sharing](/docs/scaidrive/user-guide/external-sharing) for creating password-protected public links.

## File history and recovery

ScaiDrive keeps prior versions of every file. Right-click a file → **Version history** to see the list, preview an older version, or restore it. See [File versions](/docs/scaidrive/user-guide/file-versions) for details.

## Settings

The user menu (top-right) opens your personal settings: display name, profile picture, notification preferences, and active sessions. You can sign out of other devices from here.

## What's next

- [Desktop sync app](/docs/scaidrive/user-guide/desktop-app) — keep a local folder in step with the server.
- [Mobile apps](/docs/scaidrive/user-guide/mobile-apps) — files on your phone, camera-roll backup.
- [Sharing with your team](/docs/scaidrive/user-guide/sharing-with-your-team).