A file request is a link for people who should send you files. They need no account, they see nothing of what is in your folder, and each person’s files arrive in a folder with their name.
- Right-click a folder you own → Request files…. Or open Shared → File requests → New request, which makes a folder for it under File requests.
- Say what you are asking for. If you like, add details, a deadline, the largest file and the number of files you accept, a password, and whether people must give an e-mail address.
- Copy the link, or type up to 20 addresses under Send the link by e-mail.
People open the link, enter their name, add files or whole folders and send them. Large files go in pieces and continue after an interruption. Nothing they send replaces a file that is already there.
What you get. You are notified when someone has finished sending (switch it off with Tell me when files arrive). Received lists who sent what, with their message, and Open folder takes you to their files. The files are yours like any other: they count in your storage, are scanned, and sync to your devices. The history of each file names who sent it.
Closing. A request stops taking files at its deadline or when you press Close; Open again reopens it. Files that no longer fit in your storage are refused and the sender is told. Deleting the request removes the link and the list of senders; the files stay in the folder.
Requests are made on folders you own: not on folders shared with you, and not on backups. A password on a request is part of the plans with password-protected links.