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# How to Send Files Using safedrop

Sending secure files with safedrop is quick and compliant. Here’s how it works, from login to delivery.
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### 🟠 Step 1: Log In and Start a safedrop

After logging in, you’ll land on the **safedrop compose page**.

### 📎 Step 2: Add Your Files

You have two options:

* **Drag and drop** files into the drop zone, or
    
* Click the **orange “+” icon** to browse and select files from your device.

### ✍️ Step 3: Add a Subject and Message (Optional)

* Add a **subject line** and a message for your recipient.
    
* If you want more privacy, you can **encrypt the message**, so it's only visible once the recipient is verified and has accessed the safedrop.
 || Note: These fields are optional — you can still send files without them.

### 👥 Step 4: Add Recipients

Enter one or more email addresses. Separate multiple addresses with commas or add them one by one, hitting **Enter** after each.

You can also choose **"Don’t specify recipients"** — this creates a link you can share manually.

### 📤 Step 5: Choose How the safedrop Will Be Sent

You have two choices:

Option 1 – **Automatically send everyone an email**
safedrop will email recipients a secure link.

Option 2 – **I will send them the link myself**
safedrop gives you a link to copy and paste into your own message.  
**Best for bypassing spam filters** — especially with clients or legal teams.

### 🚀 Step 6: Click “safedrop it”

Once you’ve added files or typed a message, the **“safedrop it”** button will activate (it turns orange).

* If you chose **manual sending or no recipients**, you’ll see a **summary page** with your safedrop details and link. Copy and share it however you like — email, WhatsApp, Teams, etc.
    
* If you chose **automatic email**, you’ll be taken to a **confirmation page** that shows the settings: expiry time, allowed downloads/views, and more.

Your settings will be remembered the next time you log in.

![Compose Page](https://532d35e51372b2dd4161.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Compose-Page-900x1024.png =400x455)

## ⚙️ Advanced Sending Options

These optional settings help you control access and visibility:

### 🔑 Password

Add a password for extra protection.  

|| Important: Share the password separately (phone, text, not email).

### 🏷️ Reference

Use this as an internal tag or ID for audits.

### ⏰ Delete After

Set an expiry: from **1 hour** to **never**. Great for time-sensitive documents.

### ⬇️ Allowed Downloads

Limit how many times a recipient can download or view the files.  
Set to **1** for a one-time, “self-destruct” style safedrop.

### 🔍 View Security

* **Full access** – Allows file downloads.
    
* **View on screen only** – Restricts to browser-based previewing (no downloads).

### 🧾 Verify Recipients

Choose how safedrop checks recipient identity:

* **Off** – Anyone with the link can view.
    
* **Enter email** – Recipient must type in their email before access.
    
* **Magic link** – Recipient gets a secure access email. They must click the link or enter a code.

### 🔐 Encrypt Message

Tick this to hide your message from emails — it only shows **after** the safedrop is accessed.

### 🔁 Allow Replies *(only with Magic Link)*

Lets recipients **reply and upload files back** into the safedrop.  
Everyone on the safedrop can view these reply files.

### 🛠️ Troubleshooting or Questions?

We’re here to help.  
Email [support@safedrop.com](mailto:support@safedrop.com) and we’ll sort it.