Track every photo download after you hit send
Once your photos are out the door, WeTransfer keeps you in the loop. Your Transfers panel logs download activity for every transfer, and for email deliveries, each recipient gets their own status so you can see exactly who has your images and when they grabbed them.
Keep tabs on your transfer's downloaders
Client deliveries, portfolio submissions, and time-sensitive shoots all have one thing in common: you need to know your photos landed. WeTransfer shows a download status for every transfer you send, updated in real time as recipients save your files. For email transfers, that status is per-person, so if you sent a gallery to five clients, you can see at a glance who has downloaded and who still needs a nudge. Turning on Access Control adds a verification step, requiring anyone who opens your link to confirm their email address first, with a notification sent to you each time a download happens. For jobs where access is tightly controlled, Restricted downloads limits the transfer to a named list of email addresses, so your raw shots or retouched finals only reach the people they're meant for.
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FAQs
All your questions answered.
Yes. Your Transfers panel shows a download status for every transfer you've sent. For email transfers, each recipient has their own individual indicator that updates the moment they download, along with a timestamp, so you know exactly who has your photos and when they saved them.
Basic download tracking is on by default. As soon as you send a transfer, its status in your Transfers panel updates whenever a recipient downloads. If you want more active tracking, with an email notification each time someone opens your link, you can enable Access Control before sending, which requires downloaders to verify their email address first.
With a plain link transfer, you'll see a general downloaded status in your Transfers panel. For more detailed visibility, enable the Tracked downloads option under Access Control before sending. Anyone who opens the link must then verify their email address, and you receive a notification with their details each time a download occurs.
Yes, the Restricted downloads option under Access Control lets you specify a list of email addresses. Anyone who opens the link must verify their email, and access is only granted if they're on your list. It's useful for delivering final retouched images or raw files to a client without them being forwarded to unintended recipients.
No. WeTransfer sends your photos exactly as they are, with no re-encoding, compression, or resolution changes. Whether you're sending JPEGs, RAW files, or high-resolution TIFFs, recipients download the same files you uploaded. The preview shown in the browser is at a slightly lower resolution, but the downloaded files are always the originals.