Getting started

Add & manage folders

Folders are how you tell Glyfen where to look. Add the folders that hold screenshots, receipts, and document photos — Glyfen indexes only these and nothing else.

Open Manage Folders

Reach this screen two ways: tap Pick Folders on the first-launch empty state, or go to Settings → Scan Behavior → Manage folders. When empty, it shows “No folders yet” with a row of quick-add chips.

Glyfen Manage Folders screen with quick-add chips for DCIM, Pictures, and Screenshots and no folders added yet — Manage Folders with quick-add chips and no folders yet.

Add a folder

The fastest way is a Quick add chip — DCIM, Pictures, or Screenshots — which are the folders most photos live in. For anything else, tap Add folder to open the system file browser, navigate to the folder, and tap Use this folder.

Android system folder picker open at the DCIM folder with a Use this folder button — Pick any folder in the system browser, then tap Use this folder.

Grant access

Android asks you to confirm: “Allow Glyfen to access files in [folder]?” Tap Allow. This grant is what lets Glyfen read the images in that folder — and only that folder.

Android permission dialog asking to allow Glyfen to access files in DCIM with Cancel and Allow buttons — Confirm the system access dialog with Allow.

Confirm it was added

Back on Manage Folders, your folder now appears under Your folders with a live image count, and a message confirms “Added [folder] with N image(s). Ready to scan.” Add as many folders as you like; each shows how many images it holds.

Manage Folders showing DCIM added with 13 images and a snackbar reading Added DCIM with 12 images, ready to scan — A confirmation shows the folder is ready to scan.