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Share a file with a public link

Send one file to someone outside quickS3 with a download link that expires after 1 hour, 24 hours, or up to 30 days, and revoke it early if it leaks.

OwnerAdminMemberAI user

A share link lets someone download one file without a quickS3 account. It’s meant for one-off handovers, like sending a report to a client. If someone needs ongoing access, invite them instead. To collect files from someone, send a file request.

  1. Find the file and select the share icon in its row. You need Read and Share on the file; without Share, the icon isn’t shown.
  2. Under Link expiration, pick how long the link should work: 1 hour, 6 hours, 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days. 24 hours is selected to start with. Your organisation may allow only the shorter options.
  3. Select Create link.
  4. Select Copy link, and send it to the person.
Share file dialog warning that anyone with the link can download the file, with five expiration options from 1 hour to 30 days, 24 hours selected, and Cancel and Create link buttons.
Pick the shortest time the person needs.

What the recipient gets

Anyone who has the link can download the file until it expires. They don’t sign in, and they can’t see anything else in the bucket. Each download is recorded in the audit log as Download via share link, under your name.

The link has no password and isn’t tied to one person, so anyone it’s forwarded to can use it too. Don’t use share links for passwords, contracts, or anything you’d be upset to see forwarded.

A link works until the first of these happens:

  • It reaches its expiry time.
  • You or an Owner or Admin revokes it on the Shared links page.
  • You lose Read or Share on the file, or leave the organisation.
  • An Owner or Admin switches download links off for the organisation, or lowers the longest a link can work below its age.
  • The file, or its connection, is deleted.

Links created by an AI client also stop when that client’s access ends.

Open Shared links in the sidebar to see every link you’ve created that still works. Select Revoke next to a link and confirm. It stops working at once and for good: a revoked link can’t be switched back on. Owners and Admins can switch to Everyone to see and revoke anyone’s links.

Shared links page with Sharing settings (Download links and File requests switched on, Longest a link can work set to 30 days), the Yours tab selected, and a table of one file request showing 2 of 100 files received and two download links, each with its expiry date and Copy and Revoke buttons.
Every link you created, with its expiry and a Revoke button.

If a link reaches the wrong person, revoke it, then create a new one with a shorter expiry if you still need to share the file.