Know when your sources and editors open your files
In newsrooms and media teams, timing is everything. WeTransfer lets you see the download status of every transfer from your account, so you know the moment a journalist, editor, or broadcast contact collects what you sent, without waiting for a reply to confirm.
Keep tabs on your transfer's downloaders
When you send press assets, raw footage, scripts, or photo packages to colleagues and external contacts, knowing the files actually landed saves you the follow-up call. WeTransfer records download activity on every transfer and makes it visible directly in your account, updated the moment someone collects your files. For email transfers sent to several people, each recipient gets a separate tracking status, so you can see at a glance which desk has your materials and who might still need a nudge before a deadline. When you want a verifiable record of who accessed a transfer, enabling Access Control prompts every downloader to verify their email address first, and you receive a notification each time the files are opened. For confidential briefings, embargoed content, or materials intended only for named contacts, Restricted downloads locks the transfer to a specific list of approved addresses, so sensitive files stay with the right people.
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FAQs
All your questions answered.
Open your Transfers panel and find the transfer you sent. Each email transfer shows a status per recipient, and a checkmark appears next to their address once they have downloaded, with the exact date and time available on hover. You never need to send a follow-up just to confirm delivery.
Yes, but you need to enable it before sending. Turning on Access Control with the Tracked downloads option means anyone who opens your link must verify their email address first, and you receive a notification each time a download occurs. This gives news and media professionals a timestamped record of every access event, useful for embargoed releases or time-sensitive deliveries.
Restricted downloads lets you tie a transfer to a specific list of approved email addresses, so only those contacts can open and download the files. Anyone else who gets hold of the link is turned away. It is a practical safeguard for embargoed stories, exclusive footage, or briefing documents meant for a defined group of journalists.
WeTransfer handles virtually every file type used in newsrooms and production, including high-resolution images, raw and edited video, audio recordings, PDFs, graphics, design files, and ZIP archives. Files are sent in their original quality with no re-encoding or compression that would alter the content, so broadcast-ready footage and print-resolution assets arrive exactly as you uploaded them.
No. Recipients can download and preview transfers without signing up for an account, which removes any friction for editorial contacts, contributors, or freelancers who just need to grab the files. When Access Control is enabled, they verify their email address as part of opening the link, but that is a quick one-step process rather than a full account registration.