Create a temporary link that auto-deletes
Pick an expiry and a download limit, and let the file clean itself up.
Secure Temporary Link Sharing
Upload files.
Share with anyone.
Upload your files and get a secure temporary share link. Optional client-side password encryption protects your content.
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Cloud Sharing Options
01CLOUD
Standard Cloud Links
Upload files once and generate a shareable web link. Recipients can open and download the package at their convenience.
Shareable Link
02CLOUD
Encrypted Cloud Share
Lock files with browser-side AES-256-GCM encryption before uploading. Only recipients with your passphrase can decrypt.
Password Lock
03CLOUD
Self-Destructing Storage
Choose an expiration window (1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days). Files are permanently purged upon reaching expiry.
Auto-Expiration
SECURITY FEATURE
Client-Side Browser Encryption
Important: Password-protected cloud sharing encrypts your files directly in your browser before they are uploaded to the cloud. Decryption happens on the receiver's device. Your password never leaves your browser.
How It Works
Share a File in Three Steps
Upload once, share a link, and let it delete itself on the schedule you picked.
STEP 1
Verify your email once
Enter your email and the 6-digit code we send. No account or password is created, and the device is remembered, so later uploads skip this step.
STEP 2
Upload and set the rules
Choose your files, an expiry of 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days, an optional download limit, and an optional password.
STEP 3
Share the link
Copy it into any chat or email, or have it emailed to your recipients for you. They open it in any browser and download — no account needed.
In Detail
How Cloud Links Work
A link instead of an attachment
A cloud link separates sending from receiving. You upload once, and whoever has the link downloads it whenever suits them — tonight, tomorrow, in another time zone. Nobody needs to be online at the same moment, and nothing clogs an inbox.
That is the difference from a direct transfer, which streams to one person while you both wait. A link is the right choice when the recipient is not around yet, or when several people need the same file.
Links that delete themselves
Every link has a timer you choose when you create it: 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days, defaulting to 7 days. When it runs out, the file is permanently deleted from storage and the link stops working. There is no recycle bin and no recovery.
You can also cap the number of downloads, so a link stops working after the file has been fetched as many times as you intended — useful when it should reach exactly one person.
Knowing when it arrived
You get an email the first time each new person downloads your file, rather than one per download. From your account you can see every active link, extend a link's expiry, and review download and unique-visitor counts per file over the last 7, 30 or 90 days.
Password protection, and what it does not cover
For password-protected cloud uploads, your passphrase becomes a 256-bit key in the browser via Argon2id. The password and key never leave your device. The file is encrypted before the upload begins, so what reaches our storage is ciphertext, and it is decrypted only on the recipient's device once they enter the password.
Without a password, your file is stored as uploaded, in storage that is encrypted at rest. That protects it from someone walking off with a disk — but not from us. For anything sensitive, set a password and send it through a different channel from the link.
Because we never receive the password, we cannot reset it. If it is lost, the file cannot be opened by anyone.
Is It Right For You
When to Use a Cloud Link
A good fit when…
- The recipient will open it later. They can be offline, asleep or in another time zone when you send it.
- Several people need the same file. One upload, one link, as many downloads as you allow.
- You want it gone automatically. Pick a timer and the file deletes itself — nothing to remember to clean up.
- A sensitive document. Add a password, send it separately, and storage only ever holds ciphertext.
Use something else when…
- Both of you are online and it is sensitive. A direct transfer never stores the file at all: E2E Share
- You need permanent storage or collaboration. Links expire by design. A cloud drive suits files you keep editing.
- You need files sent to you. Send a link people can upload to instead: File Requests
- A file is above the per-file limit. The upload page tells you straight away if a file is too large. A direct transfer handles up to 1 GB per file.
Compared
Cloud Link vs Attachments and Shared Drives
The usual ways to share a file by link or by email, compared on how long it lasts and who can read it.
| GetFileShare link | Email attachment | Shared-drive link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deletes itself | Yes, on a timer you choose | No — sits in both mailboxes | No, until you remove it |
| Largest file | Per-upload limit, shown as you add files | Around 25 MB | Your storage quota |
| Recipient needs an account | No | No | Depends on the sharing settings |
| Encrypted in your browser | Optional, with a password | No | Not on standard consumer plans |
| Download limit | Yes | No | Varies by service |
| Told when it is downloaded | Email on each new person's first download | No | Varies by service |
| What you sign up with | An email, verified once | An email account | A full account |
FAQ
Cloud Link Questions
Open the upload page, verify your email once, choose your file and an expiry — 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days — then copy the link. When the timer runs out the file is permanently deleted and the link stops working.
As long as you choose when you create them: 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days, with 7 days as the default. You can extend an active link from your account before it expires.
No. They open the link in any browser and download. If the file is password-protected, they also enter the password, and the file is decrypted on their own device.
Stored files cost storage and invite abuse, so uploads are tied to a verified address, which is also what the upload allowance is counted against. It is a one-time 6-digit code — no account or password is created, and the device is remembered afterwards.
With a password, the file is encrypted in your browser before upload and we never receive the password, so storage holds only ciphertext we have no key for. That rests on the code running in your browser being the code we describe — the security page explains that limit. Without a password, the file is stored as uploaded: encrypted at rest against lost disks, but readable by us. For anything sensitive, set a password.
The file cannot be opened by anyone, including us. The key is derived from the password in your browser and we never receive either, so there is nothing to reset.
You get an email the first time each new person downloads it, and your account shows download and unique-visitor counts per file over the last 7, 30 or 90 days.
Yes — a limit per file and per upload, and a rolling weekly allowance. As you add files, the upload page shows how much room is left, and it tells you straight away if a single file is too large. If you reach the weekly allowance, it shows how much you have used and what remains. For a single file up to 1 GB going to someone who is online now, a direct transfer has no upload step at all.
Guides
Go Deeper
Password protect a file before sharing
Encrypt in the browser before upload, and how to share the password safely.
Send large files without email
What to use when an attachment is rejected for size.
Email attachment size limits
What Gmail, Outlook and others really accept, and why files fail below the cap.
A WeTransfer alternative without an account
An honest comparison of free limits, link expiry and sign-up.
A Google Drive alternative for sharing
Share a file by link without giving anyone a Drive account.
For how password protection works in detail, see the security architecture page, or compare every mode on how it works.