See who downloaded your ZIP files
When you send a ZIP through WeTransfer, you stay in the loop after it leaves your hands. Your Transfers panel captures download activity for every transfer, and email deliveries break it down by recipient so you can confirm receipt without sending a follow-up message.
Keep tabs on your transfer's downloaders
Sending a ZIP file to a client, contractor, or colleague is often time-sensitive, and knowing whether it actually landed saves you guesswork. WeTransfer records download activity for every transfer you send, visible straight from your account the moment something gets picked up. For email deliveries, each recipient has their own download status updated in real time, so if your ZIP went to multiple people, you can see at a glance who has it and who still needs a nudge. If you want a more active layer of confirmation, enabling Access Control before you send means anyone who opens your link verifies their email address first, and you receive a notification each time a download occurs. For ZIP files containing sensitive project work or confidential materials, Restricted downloads lets you lock access to a specific list of approved addresses so the contents reach only the people you intended.
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FAQs
All your questions answered.
Basic download activity is visible for both email and link transfers in your Transfers panel, but per-recipient status is only available for email deliveries. For link-based transfers, you can enable Access Control before sending, which asks anyone who opens your link to verify their email address first, and sends you a notification each time a download happens.
No setup is needed for basic tracking. Every transfer you send appears in your Transfers panel with a downloaded or not-yet-downloaded status, and email transfers show a per-recipient checkmark with the exact time of download. For more detailed, notification-based tracking you need to explicitly enable Access Control when uploading your ZIP.
Yes. Before sending, you can enable Restricted downloads and add a list of approved email addresses. Anyone who opens the link must verify their email, and access is only granted if they match your list. This is useful when a ZIP contains confidential files like source code, contracts, or unreleased materials that should not circulate beyond the intended recipients.
No. WeTransfer sends your ZIP exactly as you uploaded it, without modifying, recompressing, or altering the files inside. If your archive contains high-resolution images, video, or design assets, recipients download them in their original state.
Not directly through an in-browser preview, since ZIP is a container format rather than a single previewable file type. That said, you can include individual images, PDFs, or video files alongside or within a transfer so recipients can preview specific assets first and choose what to download, rather than pulling down the full archive blind.