ive How to send large files
Email refuses anything much over 25 MB, and the usual workarounds each cost you something: zipping barely shrinks photos or video, and a cloud-drive link means permissions, accounts and a folder you forget to tidy. The simplest way to send a large file is a link that carries it. Here is how, free, in about a minute.
Email stops at about 25 MB. Send files up to 3 GB free with a link, no account needed.
No account needed · Free: 3 GB per send · Pro: up to 3 TB per file · No per-gigabyte fees
Free: 3 GB per send · Pro: up to 3 TB per file
- Nothing to install
- No per-GB fees
- Malware-scanned and safety-checked
- Recipients need no account
- Nothing to install
- No per-GB fees
- Scanned and checked
- No recipient account
Three steps
Add your files
Drop in files or a whole folder, from a computer or a phone. Any type. Up to 3 GB per send free; up to 3 TB per file on Pro.
Type their email, confirm yours
Up to 5 people on a free send. We email you a quick code to confirm your address, so nobody can send as you.
They get a link
It arrives by email. They click it and download in any browser; no account, no app, no permissions to grant. A free link lasts 7 days.
Why the usual ways fail
Email attachments
Most mail services stop at 20 to 25 MB per message, and many recipients' mailboxes reject less. A few photos or a short video is already over.
Zipping first
Compression helps with documents and spreadsheets. Photos, video and audio are already compressed, so a zip is about the same size and now needs unpacking at the other end.
A cloud-drive link
Works, until the recipient needs an account, hits "request access", or you realise the folder is still shared a year later. A sending link is made for one delivery and expires on its own.
What arrives is what you sent
Files are delivered as they are, byte for byte, not recompressed or converted. Every file is malware-scanned and safety-checked before it is released. The file is stored in the EU or the US, whichever is nearer to you, and deleted when the link expires. Your files are used for one thing: delivering them.
Sending something bigger, or to a client?
Up to 3 TB per file
Pro lifts the limit from 3 GB to 3 TB per file, with no cap on recipients and links that last up to 31 days. Team goes to 5 TB and a year.
A password and a country lock
Put a password on the link, not the file, so you can change it after sending. Lock the link to the countries it should open in. Switch it off when the job is done.
Know it arrived
With a free account you are emailed when each person opens and downloads. Pro adds a signed certificate of who received what, and when.
Nothing is charged until the trial ends. Cancel any time.
Questions people ask
How large a file can I send free?
Up to 3 GB per send, as one file or several. Pro sends files up to 3 TB each, Team up to 5 TB.
Do I need an account?
No. Confirm your email with a code and send. A free account adds a record of your sends and an email when each one is opened.
Does the recipient need an account?
No. They open the link in any browser and download. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to install.
How long does the link last?
Seven days on a free send. Pro lets you choose up to 31 days, Team up to a year. You can end a Pro link early at any time.
Can I send a whole folder?
Yes. Drop the folder in and it arrives as a zip with its structure kept, one zip per top-level folder plus one with everything.
Is it secure?
Only people with the link can open it. Every file is malware-scanned and safety-checked before release, stored encrypted in the EU or the US, and deleted when the link expires. Pro adds a password on the link, country locks and a signed proof of delivery.
Is there a monthly data cap or a per-gigabyte fee?
No. Free is 3 GB per send, as many sends as you need. Pro and Team are one price with no data meter.
What about really large files, like a 4K film?
Pro takes files up to 3 TB. Uploads resume if your connection drops, so a long upload does not start again from nothing.