Keep your creative work private with password protection
Your artwork, photography, illustrations, and design files carry real value — and sometimes they're not ready for everyone to see. Add a password to any WeTransfer transfer before you share the link, and recipients are prompted to enter it before they can access a single file. No software required, works in the browser, and available on every plan.
Keep your files private
As a creator, controlling who sees your work before it's ready to share publicly is just as important as the transfer itself. WeTransfer puts a password field right in the upload window, so your protection is built in before any link goes out. The password is never sent inside the notification email WeTransfer delivers to recipients, which means you decide how to pass it along — a direct message, a voice note, whatever fits your workflow. Every file you send arrives exactly as you uploaded it, with no compression or re-encoding, so your RAW photos, layered PSDs, high-res illustrations, and video work land at full quality every time. If your project evolves after you hit send, you can add, change, or remove the password on any active transfer from your Transfers panel without touching the files again.
What makes WeTransfer different
Our features are designed to minimize how much of your data we — or anyone else — can access, so you can keep what's yours, yours.
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Move your ideas forward
Share content with a unique link, give anyone a free pass to send you 200 GB files, and stay in control of transfers — even after you hit send.
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Share with confidence and security
From password protection to file encryption, WeTransfer has all the built-in security features you need to safeguard your work.
FAQs
All your questions answered.
When you're uploading your files, look for the password field in the transfer options panel before clicking Transfer. Type in your chosen password, and from that point on anyone who opens the link will be asked to enter it before they can see or download anything. You can also go back and add a password to a transfer you've already sent — just open it from your Transfers panel and set one there.
No. WeTransfer never includes the password in the notification email sent to your recipient. That's deliberate — it means the link and the password travel through separate channels, so even if the notification email reaches the wrong inbox, the files stay protected. You pass the password directly, through whatever channel you already use with that person.
WeTransfer handles just about any file type a creative workflow produces: RAW and high-res photos, PSD and PSB layered files, AI and EPS illustrations, PDFs, video files including 4K footage, audio, 3D and CAD models, ZIP archives, and Office documents. Files are sent in their original quality with no compression or re-encoding, so every layer, color profile, and frame arrives exactly as you intended.
Yes. If a password alone isn't enough, you can also enable restricted access on your transfer, which limits downloads to a specific list of email addresses. That way, even if the link and password somehow reach someone they weren't meant for, only the people you've named can actually get in. Both options are available on all plans and can be managed from your Transfers panel after sending.
No account needed on their end. Your client, collaborator, or gallery contact just opens the link, enters the password you gave them, and downloads the files straight from their browser. The no-account requirement applies only to the sender, not the recipient, so there's no friction on their side at all.