Manage Clouds and Locations

Boxcryptor supports a vast variety of cloud storage providers out of the box. Additionally, Boxcryptor works with every cloud provider which supports the WebDAV protocol.

Add Provider

Boxcryptor works as an additional security layer for your cloud storage. On Android, we connect directly to your provider and handle both uploading and encrypting your files. To add a new provider to Boxcryptor, follow these steps:

  1. Tap on inline   Help Open Drawer.
  2. Tap on Settings and Manage Locations.
  3. In your Provider Overview tap on the plus sign in the bottom right corner.
  4. Now select your provider and enter your provider’s credentials to connect it to Boxcryptor.

Google Drive

Boxcryptor gives you access to files stored in Google Drive's My Drive. Additional folders backed up via My Computer are not available.

Custom Locations

Boxcryptor supports adding folders on your SD card or your local storage as Local Storage provider:

  1. Tap on inline   Help Open Drawer.
  2. Tap on Settings and Manage Locations.
  3. In your Provider Overview tap on the plus sign in the bottom right corner.
  4. Tap on Local Storage and choose your own, customized location.

WebDAV Locations

If your cloud provider is not listed as a supported provider, chances are high that Boxcryptor supports it nevertheless, because we support the WebDAV protocol. This protocol is used by most providers.

  1. Contact your cloud provider for the WebDAV credentials.

Boxcryptor requires a secure server connection (https://) with a valid or self-signed SSL certificate installed on the device.

  1. Tap on inline   Help Open Drawer.
  2. Tap on Settings and Manage Locations.
  3. In your Provider Overview tap on the plus sign in the bottom right corner.
  4. Tap on WebDAV Advanced and enter your provider’s credentials to connect it with Boxcryptor.

ownCloud and nextCloud both support WebDAV. By default, the configuration urls are:

https://example.com/owncloud/remote.php/webdav and

https://example.com/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/files/username/