# Tools

You reach the tools from the dashboard or the menu **Components → Fileshelf → Tools**. They are only available to users with the permission “Configure ACL & Options” on Fileshelf (Super Users and administrators with this permission).

<figure id="bkmrk-the-tools-in-three-g"> ![The tools of Fileshelf in three groups: storage folder and files, try it out, cannot be undone](https://docs.graup-it.de/uploads/images/gallery/2026-11/gVAdoku-08-werkzeuge.png) <figcaption>The tools in three groups; what cannot be undone stands apart.</figcaption></figure>The page has three groups: **Storage folder and files**, **Try it out** (the demo data) and **Cannot be undone** (reset counters, remove demo data). Each tool shows beforehand what it would do. It only runs once you tick the confirmation box and click the button; for the demo data and the counters both stand in a dialog that names the consequences.

What is wrong in the storage folder (misplaced or unlinked files) Fileshelf looks for only when you click **Check the storage folder now** under **Check the storage folder** at the top – one run for both tools, with many files that takes a moment. One run moves up to 300 files; the message says how many are left.

<table class="table" id="bkmrk-toolwhen-you-need-it"> <thead> <tr><th scope="col">Tool</th><th scope="col">When you need it</th></tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr><td>Demo data</td><td>You want to see what Fileshelf looks like on your website before you create downloads of your own. “Create demo data” creates six categories (one with the password <code>demo</code>), twelve downloads with small sample files, two tags and, in the main menu, the menu item “Fileshelf demo” with one sub item each for the layouts list, cards and table, a single download and the latest downloads. “Remove demo data” removes exactly that again, files included. Whatever you changed since, or downloads of your own in a demo category, stay; the preview names them. The password <code>demo</code> is known – remove the demo data before the website goes public.</td></tr> <tr><td>Reorder files</td><td>A file stays in its folder when its download gets another main category. The tool moves it into the folder of the main category; the links stay the same.</td></tr> <tr><td>Adopt unlinked files</td><td>You copied files into the storage folder by FTP or the media manager. Choose files and category; each file becomes an unpublished download with the file name as title. Files that do not pass the upload checks are left alone.</td></tr> <tr><td>Check file details</td><td>You replaced a file by FTP. The tool reads each file again and stores size, type and checksum; it names missing files. It works in steps of 300 files; after each step *Continue checking* goes on.</td></tr> <tr><td>Reset download counters</td><td>Sets the counters of all downloads, or of those of one main category, to 0. This cannot be undone.</td></tr> </tbody></table>

[Deutsche Fassung](https://docs.graup-it.de/link/407)