Get your expired design file transfer back
A expired link on a design file transfer isn't always the end of the story. WeTransfer keeps recoverable transfers in a restorable state after the link goes dark, and Ultimate subscribers can bring them back from the Transfers panel or from the expired download page itself, without touching the original files.
Get your expired files back
Losing access to a design transfer mid-project, whether it's a Figma export, a layered PSD, or a packaged Illustrator file, is a particular kind of frustrating when deadlines don't pause. When a transfer is set to recoverable (the default on most transfers), the download link expiring is a separate event from the files being permanently removed from WeTransfer's servers. WeTransfer Ultimate subscribers can restore expired design file transfers directly from their Transfers panel, and anyone who still has the original expired link may also trigger a restore from the expired download experience when logged in with an eligible plan. Transfers sent before upgrading are eligible too, so design work dispatched while you were on a Free or Starter account may already be waiting in your Transfers panel the moment you move to Ultimate. Free and Starter users cannot self-restore after expiry, but files are not necessarily wiped from servers at that exact moment, and upgrading to Ultimate within the retention window can still make those transfers recoverable.
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FAQs
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Not necessarily. When a transfer is set to recoverable (the default unless you turned it off), the download link going dark does not mean files are instantly wiped from WeTransfer's servers. There is a retention window after expiry during which restoration is still possible. Free and Starter users cannot self-restore, but upgrading to Ultimate within that window can make those design files recoverable again.
Yes, in some cases. If the person who still has the expired link opens it and is logged in with an Ultimate, Teams, or Enterprise plan, they can trigger a restore directly from the expired download experience without any re-uploading. This restores the download window so they can access the design files again, even if the original sender is not involved.
WeTransfer transfers any file type without compression or re-encoding, so PSD, PSB, AI, Sketch, Figma exports, XD files, CAD formats, and packaged design folders all transfer in their original state. When you recover an expired transfer, the files come back exactly as they were sent, full quality, original structure intact.
Yes. On Ultimate you can set a custom expiry on any transfer or choose to keep it available indefinitely, so a link to your design files stays live for as long as the project runs. You can adjust the expiry at any time from your Transfers panel, even after the transfer has already been sent.
No, the process is the same for recipients. Once a transfer is restored, the original download link becomes active again and recipients can access the files through it just as they would a fresh transfer. If a recipient is the one who triggered the restore from the expired download page, the link reactivates for them immediately.