Recover your expired CAD file transfers
Losing access to a CAD transfer link mid-project can stop a workflow cold. WeTransfer Ultimate keeps expired transfers recoverable, so your 3D models, technical drawings, and design assemblies can be pulled back from your Transfers panel — including files you sent before ever upgrading.
Get your expired files back
When a download link to your CAD files stops working, the consequences run deeper than a missing email attachment — tolerances, revisions, and assembly references take serious time to re-export and redistribute. WeTransfer Ultimate gives you a path back: expired transfers sit in a recoverable state, ready to restore from your account without touching your original software or project files. Recovery is also retroactive, meaning CAD transfers you sent while on a Free or Starter plan may already be restorable the moment your plan changes. Every file comes back precisely as it was delivered, with no re-encoding or modification to formats like DWG, STEP, IGES, or 3DM. Free and Starter plans remove files permanently once a transfer expires, so if recovery matters to your workflow, Ultimate is the plan that keeps that door open.
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FAQs
All your questions answered.
Yes, recovery with WeTransfer Ultimate works retroactively. Transfers you sent while on a Free or Starter plan can potentially be recovered after you upgrade, as long as they fall within the recovery window. It is worth checking your Transfers panel as soon as you switch, because some of those older files may already be waiting for you there.
Yes. WeTransfer does not re-encode, compress, or alter your files during transfer or recovery. A DWG assembly, a STEP model, or an IGES export will return byte-for-byte identical to what you originally uploaded. Folder structure and file naming are also preserved, so nothing downstream in your CAD workflow should be disrupted.
The recovery window depends on file size. CAD files under 256 MB can be recovered for up to one year after expiry. Files over 256 MB — common for large assemblies or high-polygon 3D models — have a 90-day recovery window. After those periods, the files are permanently removed from WeTransfer's servers.
Go to your Transfers panel, find the expired transfer in your Sent list, and look for the Recover or Restore option next to it. If the transfer is still within its recovery window, the option will be available and the files come back without any re-uploading required. Once restored, you can also resend the download link to the original recipient or anyone new.
On Ultimate, you can set any transfer to never expire, so your download links stay active for as long as you need them. This is useful for ongoing projects where collaborators or clients need repeated access to the same model files. You can adjust the expiry setting before sending or update it on any active transfer from your Transfers panel.