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General Settings

RcloneView's Settings page allows you to configure language, paths, logging options, and interface preferences. This guide explains each section and its functionality.

General Options

general settings
  • Language: Select your preferred language for the RcloneView user interface.  

  • Launch at login: When enabled, RcloneView will automatically start when the user logs into the system.

Auto Start: Scheduling and Mounting

When Launch at login is enabled:

  • Any scheduled jobs defined in the Job Scheduler will automatically run upon login.
  • Any remotes configured for auto-mounting in the Mount Manager will be mounted automatically when RcloneView starts.

Locations

Specify the locations for key components:

  • Local Rclone location: Path to the rclone binary.
  • Local Rclone config location: Path to rclone.conf, where remote definitions are stored.
  • Default download folder: Folder used for downloads from remote to local.
  • Default upload folder: Folder used as the source for uploads to remote.
Restart rclone Required to Apply Location Changes

Click Restart rclone to apply any changes made to the location settings.   This will restart the embedded Rclone instance and may interrupt any currently running jobs.

Interface Preferences

interface settings

Customize how the interface behaves:

  • Dark mode: Enable dark theme.
  • Theme color: Choose from predefined accent colors.
  • Confirm drag and drop: Prompts confirmation when dragging files.
  • Jobs view items: Show or hide job types: Download, Upload, Sync.
  • Show job state log: Notify dialog to displays logs for each job execution.
  • Show comparison completed: Alerts dialog when folder comparison finishes.
  • Show confirmation dialog before deleting files in compare: Confirm dialog to add extra safety before deletion.
  • Show sync completion notification: Notify dialog when sync job completes.
  • Show network error dialog: Alert dialog for network failures.

Embedded Rclone Configuration

embedded rclone settings
  • Stop embedded rclone with RcloneView: Terminates the rclone process when RcloneView closes.
  • Enable embedded rclone log: Enables logging for embedded rclone operations. Logging options:
    • Log folder: Path where log files are saved.
    • Log file name: Customize the filename for rclone logs.
    • Log level: Choose from standard rclone log levels (DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, ERROR).

Advanced options:

  • Rclone global flags: Enter any global rclone flags (e.g. --no-check-certificate).
  • Rclone config password: Password for encrypted rclone configurations. If you set this password, then rclone config files will be encrypted.
Restart rclone Required to Apply Embedded Rclone Settings

Click Restart rclone to apply any changes made to the Embedded Rclone settings.   This will restart the embedded Rclone instance and may interrupt any currently running jobs.

Network & Logs

network etc settings

Network

  • Proxy settings: Features coming soon.
  • Rclone connection manager: Open Connection Manager

Etc

  • Application Log: Open log viewer for app-level logs.

  • Restore Settings: Reset all settings to default values.