August 21st, 2026
Improved
Fixed
Last release was about controlling what reaches you. This one takes care of what happens next: your inbox folder in Google Drive now keeps itself organized, and a file that is too large to analyze gets filed anyway instead of being turned away.
New Features
Your inbox folder sorts itself
Everything Filently brought into your Drive used to land loose in your "_ Filently Inbox" folder, mixed in with the files you drop there yourself. The inbox now has dedicated subfolders, and Filently keeps them sorted for you:
_ Filently Uploads holds the files you upload in the app.
_ Filently Email Attachments holds the attachments from your forwarded emails.
_ Filently Duplicates is where a duplicate goes the moment Filently spots it, so it no longer sits next to files that are still waiting.
The root of your inbox stays yours: the only loose files in it are the ones you put there. Dropping a file into one of the subfolders works too, Filently picks it up just like the root. And when you revert a filing, the document goes back to the exact subfolder it came from. Inbox Folder Watching Email Forwarding
Too big to analyze no longer means too big to file
Until now, a file over your plan's size limit was simply rejected: the upload stopped with an error, and an oversized file from your inbox or email went nowhere. That is over. Filently now takes a file of any size and files it based on its filename; only the content analysis is skipped.
The document card tells you when that happened. On a plan that analyzes files up to 50 MB, a larger file shows a note with an upgrade link, because Professional analyzes files up to 100 MB. Above 100 MB no plan reads the content, and the card says so, but the file still gets named and filed. Supported File Types and Limits
Bug Fixes
Choosing a folder: the folder picker used to announce "Perfect! This folder is empty" for folders that contain files, just no subfolders. It now explains that it lists folders, not files, so a full folder no longer looks empty.
August 14th, 2026
New
Improved
Fixed
This release is mostly about what reaches you in the first place. You can now open a file before you approve it, tell Filently which email attachments to accept, and rely on it to recognize files that arrive without a proper file type. Bulk revert also landed, so the changes you do want to undo no longer have to go one at a time.
What Comes In
Preview a file before you approve it
Every file waiting on your Sources page now carries an open button, so you can check what something is before you spend a document on it.
Email attachments open in a new browser tab for PDFs, photos, and scans, and download for the formats browsers cannot display. Files found in your inbox folder open in Google Drive under your own account, where every format has a viewer, including Office files and Google Docs. Rejected files carry the same button, so you can check a duplicate warning against the actual file before you dismiss it.
Each row also shows more context: who sent the file, the subject line of the email it came from, or the folder it was found in. Opening a file does not file it and does not use a document credit. @Email Forwarding Inbox Folder Watching
Decide which email attachments get filed
Forwarded emails often carry more than the document you meant to send. Two changes keep the noise out of your Drive.
Filently now always skips decorative graphics: any image under 25 KB, and SVG graphics at any size. Those are the signature logos and tracking pixels that arrive as ordinary attachments. They are never downloaded, never use a credit, and never reach your Sources page. Photographed receipts and scanned pages are far larger, so they still come through normally, and PDFs and Office documents are never skipped.
Auto-processing also has a new File types setting on the Sources page. Choose PDF only, PDF and Office, PDF, Office and images, or everything. Attachments outside your choice are skipped before they reach you. Email Forwarding
Better recognition of unlabeled files
Browsers and cloud drives often hand over a file without saying what it is, especially for less common extensions. Filently used to fall back to the filename in those cases, which made for weaker names and filing suggestions.
Filently now works out the real file type from the file itself, both when you upload and when a document is processed. Files that arrive unlabeled are read and classified properly, and forwarded attachments are judged on what they actually contain rather than on what the sender claimed. Supported File Types and Limits
New Features
Revert many changes at once
Undo is no longer one document at a time. Select as many changes as you like on the Activity page and roll them all back in a single run.
Choose Select to revert and the timeline switches to Revertible changes, so you only see what can actually be undone. Tick what you want, or use Select all N matching to take everything behind your current filters, including entries on pages you have not scrolled to yet. Before anything happens, a confirmation shows you how many changes and documents are involved and exactly where each document will land, with its restored name and folder.
The run happens in the background, so you can keep working or close the page. When it finishes you get one entry with a full report: how many documents came back, how many were restored from Google Drive trash, how many were skipped, and what failed and why. Bulk revert follows the same rules as a single revert and never deletes a file. Activity
Extra documents without changing your plan
You no longer have to upgrade or wait for your billing date when you run out of documents. Buy a one-time package of extra documents straight from your billing page, from 50 up to 3,000. Larger packages cost less per document, and you can chat with us for anything above 3,000.
Extra documents sit on top of an active plan. Your plan allowance is always used first, extra documents carry over between billing periods instead of resetting, and they stay available for as long as your subscription is active.
Bug Fixes
Inbox folder watching: watching now repairs itself when the connection that reports new files breaks, so new files are picked up again without you doing anything.
Very long filenames: a file with an unusually long name no longer blocks the rest of your inbox from being processed.
Unreadable Office files: a damaged Office file is now filed on its name instead of failing outright.
Filing everything at once: filing a large batch no longer stops part-way when Google limits how fast files can be moved, and large batches now finish faster.
Missing file permissions: if Filently cannot access a file, filing now tells you what to do instead of showing a generic error.
Re-analyzing documents: you can now re-analyze up to 15 documents per hour, up from 3.
Unreadable Office files: a damaged Office file is now filed on its name instead of failing outright.
Reverts that lose file access: if a revert fails because Filently lost access to the file, the change stays revertible so you can retry after you restore access.
July 15th, 2026
It's been a few weeks since our last update, so this release rounds up everything from the past several weeks. The headline is the Activity Timeline — a complete, searchable history of everything Filently does to your documents — plus the ability to undo any filing action and restore a document exactly where it was.
Activity Timeline & Rollback
Filently now keeps a full, searchable record of every action taken on your documents — when a file was added, filed, renamed, edited, or removed. Open the new Activity page to see the complete timeline with filters for type, date range, and search, or open any individual document to view its own history.
Every filing action can now be reverted. Roll a document back and Filently restores its original name and moves it back to exactly where it came from. If a rollback can't complete (for example, the original folder no longer exists), you'll see a clear reason instead of a silent failure. Activity
New Features
Dedicated Storage page
A new Storage page gives you one place to view and manage your Google Drive connection. It shows your connection status, filing location, inbox folder, and live indexing progress, and clearly lays out exactly which permissions you've granted.
Change your filing location
You can now change where Filently files your documents yourself, without contacting support. The new flow guides you through switching folders — even across different drives — and protects you from stranding documents that are still mid-filing.
Bug Fixes
Office documents — Word, Excel, and other Office files now process reliably instead of occasionally failing.
Duplicate detection — Filently no longer mistakes different Google Docs that share a name for duplicates.
Inbox folders — folders you move into your inbox now stay put and are no longer treated as documents to file.
Deleting documents — removing a document now also cleans up files nested inside inbox subfolders.
Custom instructions — your unsaved filing instructions are no longer lost when the settings page refreshes.
Bulk approval — approving many documents at once now handles Google permission prompts gracefully and won't over-count your usage if a step is declined.
Inbox approval — clearer wording and confirmation feedback when approving files from your inbox.
Page translation — Filently no longer crashes when your browser auto-translates the page.
Google Picker — the Drive file picker is no longer blocked or mis-centered when opened from a dialog.
Subscription management — the Manage Subscription and cancel options now display reliably, and canceled subscriptions are handled correctly.
Reliability — improved resilience during periods when Google Drive is slow to respond.
May 8th, 2026
New
Improved
Fixed
This release brings a major upgrade to how you browse documents in review, plus expanded plan limits and a list of reliability fixes.
New Features
Paginated, filterable dashboard list
The documents queue on your dashboard now loads in pages with a "Load more" button instead of rendering everything at once. If you've been letting documents pile up, the dashboard will stay snappy regardless of queue size. New filters let you narrow down by status, folder type, and source (upload vs. inbox), and bulk actions like "Accept All" and "Remove Failed" respect the active filters.
Bulk remove failed documents
A new "Remove Failed" button on the dashboard lets you clear out all documents that couldn't be processed in a single action. The files themselves stay in your upload folder, so you can still file them manually later if you want. The same one-click cleanup is now available for individual documents too. Managing Filed Documents Reviewing Documents
Safer file removal in Google Drive
When you remove a document and choose to also delete the file from Google Drive, Filently now moves it to Drive's trash instead of permanently deleting it. Previously, files were hard-deleted and unrecoverable — now you have 30 days to restore anything removed by accident. Keeping the file in Drive untouched is also now the default option.
Higher Personal plan limits
The Personal plan now includes 50 documents per month (up from 25) and 600 per year (up from 300) — same price, double the headroom.
Larger custom filing instructions
Custom filing instructions now allow up to 5,000 characters (up from 2,000), giving you more room to describe folder structures, tie-breaker rules, and business context.
Bug Fixes
Large Excel files now parse reliably — certain large, sparse spreadsheets that previously failed processing now extract correctly.
Email attachment file extensions match the actual content — when an attachment's extension didn't match its real type, Filently now corrects it before saving to Drive.
Email attachments without a filename or type are no longer rejected — Filently now generates a sensible filename and detects the type from content.
Tiny images no longer break processing — very small images now fall back to filename-only classification instead of failing.
Folders with more than 100 files are now fully indexed — inbox folders containing many files are no longer silently truncated.
Filing into newly-created nested folders is now consistent — filing into multi-level new folders (e.g. "2026/March") no longer occasionally produces inconsistent folder state.
March 28th, 2026
New
Improved
Fixed
Filently now supports any file type, gives you more control over filing instructions, and brings several quality-of-life improvements.
New Features
Accept All File Types
Filently now accepts any file type — not just PDFs and images. Files like ZIPs, audio, video, and other non-extractable formats are classified based on their filename, while documents like PDFs, Office files, and images continue to get full text extraction and AI classification. See Supported File Types and Limits for details.
Folder Mentions in Custom Filing Instructions
You can now @-mention specific folders from your Google Drive in your custom filing instructions. This lets you explicitly reference where certain types of documents should go, giving you more precise control over how Filently organizes your files. Learn more in Custom Filing Instructions.
Nested Folder Creation
Filently can now create multi-level nested folders (e.g., "2026/March") when filing your documents — no need to pre-create folder hierarchies in Google Drive.
Retry Failed Documents
If a document fails processing, you can now manually retry it. Failed documents can also be manually filed to work around processing issues. See Common Issues and Solutions for more.
Document Debug Info
A new debug info dialog on each document card lets you inspect technical processing details, classification output, and folder suggestions — helpful for understanding how Filently made its filing decisions. See Common Issues and Solutions .
Upload Improvements
Rejected files (e.g., empty or oversized) now appear in the upload drawer with clear error reasons instead of disappearing toasts.
Original file dates are preserved — Google Drive now shows the file's original modification date, not the upload time.
Bug Fixes
Smarter custom filing instructions — instructions like "place invoices in year/month folders" are now correctly scoped and no longer applied to unrelated documents.
Improved folder matching — filing suggestions are now more reliable and less likely to be incorrectly discarded.
Documents without extracted text can now be reclassified.
Fixed an issue where the "Open folder" menu item was shown for documents without a folder.
Fixed folder sync issues that could cause folders to temporarily disappear or get out of sync.
Fixed a bug where Office documents uploaded with incorrect file types could fail processing.
March 5th, 2026
Filently can now process native Google Workspace files. If you place a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slides presentation into your inbox folder, Filently will read its content, suggest a name and folder, and file it — just like any other document.
How it works
Google Workspace files are cloud-native and live directly in Google Drive, so there is nothing to upload. Simply move or create them in your Filently inbox folder.
This works with both manual approval and auto-processing on the Sources page.
Tip: Use your inbox folder as a scratchpad
Not sure where a new document belongs? Create it right in your inbox folder. Once you are done writing, approve it from the Sources page and Filently will take care of the rest.
If you have auto-processing enabled, keep in mind that Filently will pick up the file immediately — potentially before you have finished writing. In that case, create the document elsewhere and move it into the inbox folder when it is ready.
Supported types
Google Docs
Google Sheets
Google Slides
For the full list of supported file types, see Supported File Types and Limits.
March 2nd, 2026
We’re thrilled to announce a significant enhancement to Filently’s integration with Google Drive. This update makes document management easier than ever before.
New Feature: Inbox Folder in Google Drive
This powerful functionality ensures that:
Filently creates a designated Inbox folder in your Google Drive where you can effortlessly add documents.
Files added to this folder, whether directly from your desktop, by using a mobile scanning application, or through shared access, are detected automatically.
How to Use This Feature
Simply upload or add a document to the Inbox folder that Filently sets up in your Google Drive.
Choose between automatic processing (by enabling the feature) or manual approval for each document.
For comprehensive instructions and information, please refer to our Help Center article.
This robust enhancement streamlines your file management experience as you work seamlessly with Filently and Google Drive.
February 28th, 2026
New
We're thrilled to announce a new feature that expands our service capabilities and streamlines your document management workflow.
Email Forwarding
You can now leverage email forwarding capabilities to simplify uploading and processing document attachments. Here's how it works:
Seamless Integration: Forward any email with file attachments to your unique Filently email address.
Automated Processing: Attachments will be extracted, processed, and automatically saved to your Google Drive.
Steps to enable this feature:
Enable email forwarding on the Sources page.
Copy your unique email address, formatted like
filing+yourtoken@in.filently.com.Forward emails with document attachments to this address.
This feature is available exclusively to users on our Professional plan.
Discover more about email fowarding in our help center.
We look forward to seeing how this innovation enhances your productivity!