Get your audio files back after a link expires
A silent download link is not the same as a lost recording. When an audio transfer expires on WeTransfer, the link stops working for recipients, but the files themselves may still be sitting on WeTransfer's servers in a recoverable state. WeTransfer Ultimate gives you a way back, without re-uploading a single track.
Get your expired files back
Sending audio files, whether rough mixes, final masters, podcast episodes, or session recordings, takes time and effort you cannot always just repeat. When the download link goes quiet after expiry, the good news is that recoverable transfers stay in a restorable state for a window after the link stops working, so the files are not necessarily gone. WeTransfer Ultimate subscribers can bring expired audio transfers back from their Transfers panel, and someone who still has the original expired link can also trigger a restore from the expired download page when they are logged in with an eligible plan. Recovery reaches backward too: audio transfers sent while you were on a Free or Starter account may already be waiting to be restored the moment you upgrade to Ultimate, provided the retention window has not yet closed. Free and Starter accounts cannot self-restore, but that does not mean the files were wiped from WeTransfer's servers at the exact moment the link expired.
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Not necessarily. When a transfer is set to recoverable, which is the default unless you turned it off before sending, the files stay on WeTransfer's servers for a retention window after the link expires. Free and Starter accounts cannot self-restore, but if you upgrade to Ultimate before that window closes, those audio files may already be restorable from your Transfers panel without re-uploading anything.
Yes, in some situations. If the recipient still has the original download link and opens it while logged in with a WeTransfer plan that includes recovery, they can trigger a restore directly from the expired download experience. This extends the download window again without requiring the original sender to do anything or re-upload the files.
Yes. WeTransfer never re-encodes or compresses audio files during transfer or recovery, so the files are returned in exactly the same format and quality you originally uploaded. A restored WAV, AIFF, MP3, or any other audio format comes back bit-for-bit identical to what was sent.
The retention window depends on the size of the files. Audio transfers under 256 MB can be recovered for up to one year after expiry; transfers over 256 MB have a window of up to 90 days. After that window closes, files are permanently deleted from WeTransfer's servers. Recovery requires WeTransfer Ultimate or above, and the transfer must have had the recoverable option enabled when it was sent.
With WeTransfer Ultimate, you can set any transfer to never expire, so your stems, demos, or delivered mixes stay available for as long as you need them. You can also set a specific custom expiry date if you prefer a defined window. Both options are available when uploading or can be adjusted later from your Transfers panel while the transfer is still active.