Share a file with Shadow Drive

Shadow Drive is a cloud storage solution that allows you to store, share, and synchronize your files and folders with ease. One of its key features is the ability to share files and folders via public links, giving you control over access and permissions. This guide explains how to generate, manage, and customize share links using Shadow Drive’s web, desktop, and mobile applications.

You can share files and folders via public links. A random 15-digit token will be created.

The link will look like https://download.drive.shadow.tech/s/Wrj7eYGdTAwk4Zf.

See below which options are available according to the platform that you use. All of our Shadow Drive applications can be downloaded on our website: https://shadow.tech/download

Desktop Clients

We recommend going through the Web version of Shadow Drive if you want to manage and share your files.

However, you can quickly share the last files that were synchronized by opening your Desktop client.

In the main dialog, click the three dots button next to the file you want to share to generate a link.

Shadow Drive Web Version

By accessing the Web version of Shadow Drive, you can share links to your files and create several links with different rules per file.

If you are in the grid view:

To generate a share link, click the three dots button below the file you want to share then click "Share" or "Shared".

If you are in the  list view:

Click the  Share button or click on "shared" next to the file you want to share.

This will open a side menu.

You can directly share your file by email by adding an email address in the search bar or generating a link that you can share manually:

If you have not created a share link yet:

Click the + button next to Share link then choose an expiration date to generate a new link.

When you have already created a link:

After creating any link, you can add the following options to it by clicking the three dots button that appeared next to Share link:

• Add a label: this allows you to differentiate your links if you created several links per file.

• Allow editing: the recipient can or cannot edit the file.

• Hide download: this hides the download buttons and the default browser right-click options in order to make downloading for the recipient harder.

• Password protect: the recipient will have to provide a password in order to access the file.

• Note to recipient: add a comment to send to the recipient alongside the file.

• Note: If you add a note after sending the link by email, the recipient will receive a new email with the note.

• Unshare: this allows you to make the link inacessible by the recipients who received the link.

• Add another link: this allows you to create a different share link with different properties for the same file.

Mobile apps

Click the Share button or Link button next to the file you want to share.

This will open a side-menu.

You can directly share your file by email via adding an email address in the search bar or generate a link which you can share manually:

If you have not created a share link yet:

Click the + button next to Share link.

While creating the link, you can define the following properties for it:

• Allow editing: the recipient can or cannot edit the file.

• Link name: this allows you to differentiate your links if you created several links per file.

• Hide download: this hides the download buttons and the default browser right-click options in order to make downloading for the recipient harder.

• Set expiration date: this allows you to limit the time when the link will be accessible.

• Password protect: the recipient will have to provide a password in order to access the file.

• Note to recipient: add a comment to send to the recipient alongside the file.

• Note: If you add a note after sending the link by email, the recipient will receive a new email with the note.

When you have already created a link:

After creating any link, you click the three dots button that appeared next to Share link to add another link for the same file or click details to edit the following options on your existing link:

• Add a label: this allows you to differentiate your links if you created several links per file.

• Allow editing: the recipient can or cannot edit the file.

• Hide download: this hides the download buttons and the default browser right-click options in order to make downloading for the recipient harder.

• Password protect: the recipient will have to provide a password in order to access the file.

• Note to recipient: add a comment to send to the recipient alongside the file.

• Note: If you add a note after sending the link by email, the recipient will receive a new email with the note.

• Unshare: this allows you to make the link inacessible by the recipients who received the link.