Send large files to anyone in education, instantly
From lecture recordings and course materials to research datasets and design portfolios, educational files grow fast and email can't keep up. WeTransfer moves them from your browser to any recipient at full original quality, with nothing to install and no account needed on their end.
No file is too big
Teachers, lecturers, students, and administrators routinely share files that email simply won't carry: high-resolution presentation decks, 4K video assignments, CAD project files, audio recordings, and multi-gigabyte research archives. WeTransfer handles all of it directly in the browser, sending every file exactly as it was created, with no compression and no quality loss at the other end. Recipients get a unique download link they can open on any device, and they can preview images, PDFs, audio, and video directly in the browser before downloading, so a student can check they received the right assignment files before pulling everything down. Any transfer can be locked with a password or restricted to a specific list of email addresses, which is useful when sharing draft exam materials, confidential research, or work that shouldn't circulate beyond a closed group. Download tracking lets senders see who has accessed a transfer and when, removing the need to chase confirmation across busy inboxes.
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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Everything you need
Give people simple tools, and they'll do extraordinary things. Ultra-fast file transfers, built-in customization, easier team collaboration. That's the magic of WeTransfer.
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.
Collaboration tools for teams of all sizes
With tools designed to enhance collaboration, get everyone in your team talking and moving as one, without disrupting their workflow.
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.
WeTransfer works with any file type, so there are no surprises when you need to send something unusual. Lecture recordings, student film projects, high-resolution design portfolios, RAW photography, audio compositions, 3D and CAD files, research datasets in ZIP archives, Office documents, and PDFs all transfer without any conversion or re-encoding. Files arrive exactly as they left your machine, which matters when a graphic design student submits layered PSDs or a researcher sends large data exports that need to stay intact.
No account is needed to download or preview a transfer. Recipients just open the link or click through the notification email and get their files straight away, which removes friction for students picking up assignment briefs, parents downloading school reports, or external collaborators receiving research materials. A free account is required to send transfers, but not to receive them.
Every transfer can be locked with a password that you share separately with your intended recipients, so only people who have it can access the files. You can also enable restricted access, which limits downloads to a specific list of email addresses, making it straightforward to share confidential materials with a defined class group, exam board, or research team without worrying about the link being forwarded. Both options are available on all plans.
Free accounts can send up to 3 GB per transfer, which covers most lecture slides, PDF packs, and shorter video assignments. WeTransfer Ultimate removes the per-transfer size cap entirely, making it practical for educators and departments sending 4K film projects, large audio archives, or full-semester course libraries in one go. Ultimate also lets you set a custom expiry or keep transfers available indefinitely, so course materials don't disappear on students mid-semester, and it includes the ability to recover expired transfers retroactively.
Yes, in two ways. You can send a transfer as an email delivery to up to 10 recipients on a free account, or up to 50 on a paid plan. Alternatively, a link transfer generates a single shareable URL with no recipient limit, so you can post it on a course portal, learning management system, or group chat and the whole class can download from it. Either way, recipients can preview supported files in the browser before downloading, which helps students quickly confirm they have the right version of an assignment or reading.