File upload options
There are multiple ways to upload files to your Figshare account. Please see the Account limits section of this guide for storage limits and file size limits.
- Through My data where you can drag and drop files. Most web browsers can cope with ~5GB single file uploads. See below for more information.
- Using FTP – useful for very large files or many files. See the separate page in this guide for details.
- Figshare API – useful for adding both files and metadata, especially big files or many files. See the separate page in this guide for details.
If these options do not meet your data needs, please create a support ticket.
Adding files and folders through My data
Once logged into your account, make sure you are on the ‘My data’ tab. You can upload files by either dragging and dropping files on to the My data page or by clicking the ‘+Create a new item’ button. If you have never started a new item or have previously created only a few items, you will see a prominent drag and drop section in ‘My data’ with an option to browse for files. If you have more than a few items in your account you will only see the list of items in My data. The two upload options work in either case.
Option 1: Drag and drop anywhere on the My data page. If there is more than one file, Figshare will prompt you to choose whether you’d like to create a new item for each file, or add all the files to one new item. Note: Dragging and dropping files onto the list of existing items in your My data page will always create new items, it will not add files to your existing items (use Option 2 for that).
Option 2: Click the +Create a new item button (upper left) or open an existing item from the My data page. A new tab opens and you can drag and drop files into the file upload box. You can also drag entire folders into this space and Figshare will maintain your folder structure and provide previews for as many file types as possible (see the uploading folder section in this guide).
