📤Sharing files

You can upload files on our website and get a link. Using this link, other people can download your files safely and easily.

Getting started

This section guides you how to share your first files with ysendit.

Step 1: Choose files you want to share

Click on [1] "Drop file(s)" or on the icon. This opens a file window. In it, navigate to the files you want to share, select them and confirm your selection with "Upload". Alternatively, you can simply drag the files you want to share into the red area and release the mouse button.

Step 2: Decide how you want to send the files

With the toggle [2] you can switch between Link and Mail Transfers. If you select "Link", you will receive a URL to your files, which you must pass on to the people who should download your files by yourself. With this option, move to step 3. If you choose "Mail", you must enter your email address and the email addresses of the people who should receive your files. They will be automatically notified by email and will receive instructions on how to download your files by email.

Step 2.5: Enter mail addresses

This step is required when you choose Send via "Mail". Otherwise skip to step 3. In the field "Email to" enter the mail address of the first person you want to receive your files. If you want to add more people, hit enter or click on the icon. Then repeat this. If you made a typo or want to remove a person, click on the marked x icon next to the mail address. After that, enter your own mail address in the field "Your email". Note: You might need to scroll inside this box to see all fields

Step 3: Add a message

You can type in a message in the "message" field. This text will be shown on the download page and will be included in the mail to your receivers if you chose send via "Mail".

Step 4: Adjust the transfer further

Click on the marked "Options" button [3]. See below for explanations of all setting.

Last step: Upload your files

Tap on the button "Share file(s)" [4]. If you send via "Link", your files are now uploading. Keep the browser tab open until the upload is finished. The URL of your files is displayed. If you send via "Mail", we send you a code to your mail address. Grab that code, enter it and confirm. Now your files are uploading. When finished, you and your recipients receive an email. Hint: Don't want to confirm your email multiple times? Then sign up for an account.

Note: The interface looks different on mobile browsers. But the steps are analogous.

Transfer options explained

If you click on "Options" (see here) you can customize your transfer. Here's what each option means.

Delete after

Your files get deleted after the time specified here. After that, they can't be downloaded anymore. Click on the red area to change the time frame. Files can be kept up to two years.

Destruct the transfer

Set "Destruct the Transfer" to "Yes" if you want your transfer to be automatically deleted once all recipients have downloaded it. Each recipient can only download the files once. If you have selected Share with "Link", your files can only be downloaded once.

Set the option to "No" if you want your transfer to be downloadable multiple times

Encrypt the transfer end-to-end

By setting this option to "Yes", your file's content, name and the transfer message get encrypted on the client side before upload and decrypted on the download page. Thus, only you are in control of who can derive your transfer's content. Enabling this option requires you to specify a password (see below). If you leave the password field empty, a random password is generated and shown to you on completion. You can learn more about End-to-end Encryption on this page.

Protect with password

If you want to protect your files with a password, then enter it in the field "Protect with password". Your downloaders must enter this password before they can view and download your files.

If you set a password with disabled end-to-end encryption, the transfer message, file names and emails of recipients of an mail transfer get encrypted serverside. Only you and your recipients can then decrypt this data. Your file's content is encrypted serverside, even without a set password. You can learn more about different encryption schemes on this page.

Share password with recipient

This option is only visible and applicable if you set a password. By enabling this option, your chosen password will be appended to the download url shown to you while uploading and included in the sent mails for a transfer by mail. Thus, downloaders do not need to enter the password.

If this option is set to "No", the password will not be sent to your recipients. You have to tell them separately the password.

Download logo

If you want your own logo to be displayed on the download page, enter a URL to a png image in the "Logo" field or upload your logo using the button.

Note: the URL must start with http:// or https://

Background of download page

You can customize the background of the download page. In the "Background" field, enter a URL to an image or web page that you want to appear in the background of the download page. You can also upload an image by clicking on the button.

Note: The background is only visible if your transfer does not contain any files that can be viewed in the browser. If your transfer contains at least one file for which a preview can be displayed, a preview of this file will be displayed instead of the background.

Note: the URL must start with http:// or https://

Link download logo to url

Clicking on the logo on the download page redirects to the ysendit.com homepage by default. If you want to link your custom logo to your own website, enter this website in the "Link logo to url" field.

Note: the URL must start with http:// or https://

How you can delete transfers

Your files will be automatically deleted when the transfer expiration date is reached.

You can delete your transfers prior to their expiration date. To do so, go to the ysendit website and open your transfers. If you have a ysendit account, all your transfers will be listed. If you don't have an account, only the transfers you uploaded with this browser will be shown.

If you have sent your files via "Mail" you can delete your files and the transfer also by opening the confirmation email that you received after the upload and clicking on the link under "Delete this files". Then, confirm the deletion in the opened browser window.

How to retrieve your transfers

You can list all transfers you have uploaded from your browser. Just click on "My transfers".

With an account, you can even keep this list in sync across all your devices and you see insights and charts.

Comparison between send via "Link" and "Mail"

Question	Send via "Link"	Send via "Mail"
Possible to delete the transfer before its expiry date?	If you have an account, always. If not, you can delete the transfer only from the browser you used to upload it	Always, using either the made transfer list or the deletion link in your transfer mail
How do you share the download link?	You have to share the link manually	Receivers receive the link automatically by mail
Can I share the files with other people if they have already been uploaded?	Yes, you share the link manually	No
Can others forward the transfer?	Only, if "Destruct transfer" is disabled	Only, if "Destruct transfer" is disabled
Can I self download the transfer?	Only, if "Destruct transfer" is disabled	All time