This function is only available for the Advanced plan.
For the Standard plan, you can use this function by applying for and using the Drive option.

Sync is a function that connects a folder on your PC with a folder in LINE WORKS Drive to update the changes on the PC web, mobile app, or Drive Explorer in real time to the folders on your PC.

You can select a folder among 'Shared Drive', 'Message Room Folder',  'My Drive', and 'Shared Folder' to sync with folders on your PC. Up to 3 PCs are supported.

• • Sync with a removable storage device
  • Sync with a virtual drive
  • Sync with Windows, Program Files folders and subfolders, and Desktop screen

Sync is online-only (marked with the icon). Therefore, you can access files in LINE WORKS Drive as folders on your PC only when you log in to Drive Explorer.

When set to 'Always Keep on This Device', it is converted to a local state(marked with the icon), and you can access or edit files even when logged out.

Sync settings

You can have all folders and files displayed in Drive synced in real-time with the folders on the PC.

For message room folders, sync can be set only for folders that have been set to 'View in Drive'.

When you select the PC folder to update the data of LINE WORKS, the LINE WORKS Drive folder is created under the folder and the sync process begins.

However, the sync location must be specified as a subfolder of the disk partition (C Drive, etc.). An error occurs when selecting a disk partition as the sync location.

Turn off sync per folder

You can exclude infrequently used folders from syncing.

You can turn off sync to free up space on your PC and reduce sync time.

When sync is turned off, online-only folders and files are no longer visible on the PC, and local-only or temporary local-only folders and files are moved to the PC Trash.

To avoid deleting files, check the auto-delete file setting for PC Trash before unsyncing.

Even when sync is turned off, you can check folders and files in the LINE WORKS PC web and mobile app Drive.

Select sync status for each folder and file

You can set the sync status for each file and folder in Drive Explorer.

You can set the sync status as one the following: local-only files that are synced at all times so that they are available offline (marked with the  icon), temporary local-only files that are synced temporarily for editing and reading (marked with the  icon), and online-only files that do not take up the storage capacity in the PC but can be downloaded online at any time (marked with the  icon). See icons by sync status.

• Folders selected to sync are displayed as online-only status by default.
• Files uploaded from your PC to the Sync Folder are temporarily displayed as local-only.
• Files and folders inside a Local-only Folder are always synced as local-only.

Access files online only (Change to the online-only status)

Change the status of files and folders to online-only (marked with the  icon) to free up the storage capacity of the PC.

You can maintain the PC to its optimal status by storing data in an online space.

When you open files in the online-only status (marked with the  icon), the files are changed to temporary local-only files (marked with the  icon).

1. Open the Drive Explorer.
2. Log into LINE WORKS Drive.
3. Right-click the file to change to online-only in the Sync Folder.
4. Click 'Change to Online-Only Status'.

Always keep files on my PC (Change to the local-only status)

Change the online-only files and folders (marked with the  icon) to local-only files (marked with the  icon) so that they are saved and synced in the PC at all times.

You can use files and folders in the local-only status (marked with the  icon) in the offline status as well.

1. Open the Drive Explorer.
2. Log into LINE WORKS Drive.
3. Right-click the file to change to local-only in the Sync Folder.
4. Click 'Always Keep on This Device'.