---
title: "Filen"
description: "Rclone docs for Filen"
versionIntroduced: "1.73"
---

# {{< icon "fa fa-solid fa-f" >}} Filen
## Configuration
The initial setup for Filen requires that you get an API key for your account,
currently this is only possible using the [Filen CLI](https://github.com/FilenCloudDienste/filen-cli).
This means you must first download the CLI, login, and then run the `export-api-key` command.

Here is an example of how to make a remote called `FilenRemote`.  First run:

     rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process:
```
No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n

name> FilenRemote
Option Storage.

Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / Filen
   \ "filen"
[snip]
Storage> filen

Option Email.
The email of your Filen account
Enter a value.
Email> youremail@provider.com

Option Password.
The password of your Filen account
Choose an alternative below.
y) Yes, type in my own password
g) Generate random password
y/g> y
Enter the password:
password:
Confirm the password:
password:

Option API Key.
An API Key for your Filen account
Get this using the Filen CLI export-api-key command
You can download the Filen CLI from https://github.com/FilenCloudDienste/filen-cli
Choose an alternative below.
y) Yes, type in my own password
g) Generate random password
y/g> y
Enter the password:
password:
Confirm the password:
password:

Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n

Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: filen
- Email: youremail@provider.com
- Password: *** ENCRYPTED ***
- API Key: *** ENCRYPTED ***
Keep this "FilenRemote" remote?
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
```

### Modification times and hashes
Modification times are fully supported for files, for directories, only the creation time matters.

Filen supports Blake3 hashes.

### Restricted filename characters
Invalid UTF-8 bytes will be [replaced](/overview/#invalid-utf8)


### API Key

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### Standard options

Here are the Standard options specific to filen (Filen).

#### --filen-email

Email of your Filen account

Properties:

- Config:      email
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_EMAIL
- Type:        string
- Required:    true

#### --filen-password

Password of your Filen account

**NB** Input to this must be obscured - see [rclone obscure](/commands/rclone_obscure/).

Properties:

- Config:      password
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_PASSWORD
- Type:        string
- Required:    true

#### --filen-api-key

API Key for your Filen account 

Get this using the Filen CLI export-api-key command
You can download the Filen CLI from https://github.com/FilenCloudDienste/filen-cli

**NB** Input to this must be obscured - see [rclone obscure](/commands/rclone_obscure/).

Properties:

- Config:      api_key
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_API_KEY
- Type:        string
- Required:    true

### Advanced options

Here are the Advanced options specific to filen (Filen).

#### --filen-encoding

The encoding for the backend.

See the [encoding section in the overview](/overview/#encoding) for more info.

Properties:

- Config:      encoding
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_ENCODING
- Type:        Encoding
- Default:     Slash,Del,Ctl,InvalidUtf8,Dot

#### --filen-upload-concurrency

Concurrency for multipart uploads.

This is the number of chunks of the same file that are uploaded
concurrently for multipart uploads.

Note that chunks are stored in memory and there may be up to
"--transfers" * "--filen-upload-concurrency" chunks stored at once
in memory.

If you are uploading small numbers of large files over high-speed links
and these uploads do not fully utilize your bandwidth, then increasing
this may help to speed up the transfers.

Properties:

- Config:      upload_concurrency
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_UPLOAD_CONCURRENCY
- Type:        int
- Default:     16

#### --filen-master-keys

Master Keys (internal use only)

Properties:

- Config:      master_keys
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_MASTER_KEYS
- Type:        string
- Required:    false

#### --filen-private-key

Private RSA Key (internal use only)

Properties:

- Config:      private_key
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_PRIVATE_KEY
- Type:        string
- Required:    false

#### --filen-public-key

Public RSA Key (internal use only)

Properties:

- Config:      public_key
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_PUBLIC_KEY
- Type:        string
- Required:    false

#### --filen-auth-version

Authentication Version (internal use only)

Properties:

- Config:      auth_version
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_AUTH_VERSION
- Type:        string
- Required:    false

#### --filen-base-folder-uuid

UUID of Account Root Directory (internal use only)

Properties:

- Config:      base_folder_uuid
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_BASE_FOLDER_UUID
- Type:        string
- Required:    false

#### --filen-description

Description of the remote.

Properties:

- Config:      description
- Env Var:     RCLONE_FILEN_DESCRIPTION
- Type:        string
- Required:    false

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