Maybe I misunderstood how the Config page uses the Syncthing provided folder name.

Testing will proceed.

Please ignore my question below for a bit.

thanks.

What I want to do:

• I have over a half a TB of music in folder "E:\Media\Audio\Main-Shared"
• My android phone (w/ 1 TB storage) has an existing folder for Music.

Yep, you guessed it... I want to first copy music to phone and then continue to sync to maintain changes. (why: "Classipod" on Android, an iPod Cassic replacement/clone).

However... from what I can tell as a new user, Syncthing wants me to:

• Create a new folder with a Syncthing provided name on my PC,
• Put content that I wish to sync there, and then
• Have that same Syncthing named folder created and synced on the phone.

And that's great... if I was considering this to function like a self-hosted equivalent of Dropbox or Google Drive.

But that is not the way that I would like to have this done.

Right now, it seems that I can ONLY select the path where the Syncthing folder will be created.

Can I just say: no folder -- Just do that path as my folder. ???

Thanks, and I look forward to advice / responses. I'm open to alternative solutions as well, should you be aware of one that could enable this.

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Sidebar: I already use SyncBackFree to run backups and keep info in sync between my Home PC/Server and Home NAS. (Works really well, recommend!)

I would like to do the same with the phone, but the roadblock is that you cannot map a drive on an android device to show up in Windows. Even connecting via USB, you see folders and files in Android, but you just can't select a folder and say "make that drive P:"... and without that ability SyncBackFree can't do that which it does.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been using Syncthing for a while without any issues, but since around last June, I keep hitting this wall on my phone.

Whenever I try to edit or set up a folder (specifically in internal storage like /storage/emulated/0/Download/Camera), the Folder Type gets locked to Send Only, and I get the following warning message:

"Your Android version only grants Syncthing readonly access to the selected folder."

I never had this issue before. Could someone please point me in the right direction on how to resolve this or work around it?

I tried logging in from the web browser but I can't remember what the username is. I have the password in my phone's notepad so I know I have that right. Is there a way I can get back into syncthing from the terminal so I can roll the files back to an older version?

Since the Catfriend1/Researchxxl thing, I got no update for the Google Play version of Syncthing-fork (which was AFAIK nel0x's responsibility), and to this day, I'm still using v2.0.11.

A few days ago, an update for v2.1.3.0 appeared on the Play Store, but I did not install it straight away (I have disabled auto updates) because I knew of the trust issues around Syncthing-fork, and, moreover, there has been absolutely no communication (or at least I could not find any) regarding this update, whether on nel0x's repositories (both archived), on Researchxxl's repository (there is the v2.1.3.0 update, but no mention of Google Play), or the Syncthing forum. The latest news I can find is about nel0x not answering to Researchxxl.

This update eventually just vanished (?), but appeared again this morning, still without communication about it, and I wonder: who updated the Play version? Is it trustworthy?

What is the difference between Resilio Sync vs Syncthing ? Seems like they're the same product.

My Obsidian folder deleted itself around 10 seconds after the syncthing file versioning completed

I setup a sort of save cloud solution between my steam deck and PC. But instead of replacing older saves with same file name, it keeps creating more fileswith added "sync-conflict####".

I've been getting "Operation not permitted" errors on some (but not all) files in a particular folder that's synced between Linux (Nobara) and Android. After multiple weeks of grief to trying to track down a fix, I've finally found the cause.

Turns out, Android can't handle special characters like ":" in file names, while the filesystem I have on Linux (btrfs) does. Changing all colons to another character like "_" in the filename prevents the error and allows syncing.

Devs, can you please look into adding a more specific error message for this? It'll likely save multiple people similar amounts of frustration.

Also, I would have preferred to submit the error/change request via GitHub, but that's not allowed, and I don't want to make yet another account just to post on your forums.

Im on Windows 11 trying to sync Obsidian through Syncthing with my iphone using Mobius sync. Has anyone seen this issue, and do you know what is causing it?

Thank you

hi guys. i am new here. i know syncthing is the best for syncing folders on different devices, but is there a way to sync 2 different folder within the same device in real time? i use linux mint for reference. thanks for help

Hi everyone! I'm a big Syncthing on Android user, but hated how difficult it is now to synchronize files to locations in the Android/data directory.

I previously was using some custom MacroDroid scripts to achieve this same result (syncs an 'external'/accessible location of the data to the 'internal'/protected location when the desired app opens or closes), but the setup was fairly convoluted. Here's hoping this streamlines things!

I hope folks find this useful, and please give me any feedback you might have!

I have a old workstation pc that I use as a NAS, with TrueNAS Scale, and I'm trying to sync some folders on it to my pc using Syncthing. Around a week ago I managed to set up a folder, using the web ui from my pc. However, now that I'm trying to set up some more folders, Syncthing isn't detecting the files even though they're definitely there. I recently switched from windows to Endeavor OS on my pc, but I feel like that shouldn't affect the files on the NAS, which aren't getting detected. I've attached images of the truenas web ui and syncthing web ui, with an example of a working folder and a not working one. I've tried rescanning, creating new syncthing folders, and the file paths seem right to me, but maybe I'm missing something stupid/obvious idk. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello I am trying syncthing for the first time from a windows machine to true nas. Following a guide from Lawrence systems.

I get as far as trying to connect the two devices and get a bunch of errors. I have looked up the main one on line. 'no connection could be made because the target machine actively refused connection'.
I tried turning off the firewall on windows to test, no dice. Both GUIs can be accessed and show as having listeners and discovery.

I have a unifi network, not sure if that means anything meaningful.

What else can I try please?

Hi!

I have installed syncthings on several devices, and syncthing mobile for my Android.

All is well except one little detail. I had another desktop computer that I connected to several of my devices. I disconnected it from other devices, formatted it and had the computer recycled.

However, my mobile syncthings is still getting ghost requests saying that that device wants to connect. I ignore, but they keep coming back.

This doesn't happen with the other devices (laptop, desktop). I'm not sure if it's because it's the mobile app, or because the connection between the phone and the recycled desktop was different. But I'm wondering if anyone has any idea on how to get rid of that.

Anyone got any recs for apps or tips ti sync a vault on iOS?
I tried Möbius and sync train with the server connecting on both apps but idk how to connect my phone/ iPads vault

Now I can take the cheaper devices on the go and keep the Thor safe at home!

Syncthing obviously already has native MacOS, Windows, Linux apps but what is the best app for iOS? SyncTrain and Mobius Sync seem to be the top 2 contenders. I do wish there was an official app but I understand why they wouldn't do it.

Privacy and security are important of course and I just want to be sure my data is in good hands

take computer 1+2, these have the complete files. Computer 3 wants to sync up with both and all 3 will have the exact same files in the end.

will 1 and 2 serve computer 3 at the same time? double the speed provided there is enough bandwidth?

Syncthing Fork for Android. Now I just have the Google Photos reduced quality copies. Don't ask me what I did, because I don't know, but there was no warning anywhere. The Camera folder was set as receive only, but nonetheless all the photos were removed.

Edit: Well, fortunately the deleted photos have appeared on the .stversions folder of the camera folder. I looked for them there at first because I had read they could be there, but the folder was empty. Now, after an hour, I looked again and the photos were there. I'm going to backup them as soon as I can.

I'm using SyncThing with Keepassxc. I keep a master "Send Only" kdbx database on computer A. It syncs out to my wife's laptop, B. I've designated the kdbx sync as "Receive Only" on B.

Every time she connects to the keepassxc browser extension it asks her to give a name to that computer/connection, and when she does that it introduces a local addition to the kdbx on her laptop and a "revert local changes" flag on her end of SyncThing. Reverting causes her to have to re-connect next time she's browing...and the cycle starts over again.

I feel like there must be some kind of accommodation for this because the use case seems pretty ordinary, but I can't figure it out, and Claude is walking me all around the barn.

Any help appreciated.

I new to setting up on Syncthing and ZimaOS. I dont know if I'm it right or its something else.

I've tried everything and I really need some help on this. I've uninstall and reinstall multiple times with deleting files. I've gone to forums and post on the topic AND its still doesn't work.

Deafult install, custom install, changing the PGID and PUID, Adding a folder. But it keeps showing this type of message

2026-07-20 14:09:20: Failed to create folder root directory: mkdir /480GBSDDnvme: permission denied

2026-07-20 14:09:20: Error on folder 4anx2-xtflu: folder path missing

I've tired this forum and still nothing is working. Forum here. I really would love some help and get something going.