Free file transfer · No login · No ads
Free & secure file transfer
Send files or text from any browser — Android, iPhone or desktop — and get back a short code and a link. No sign-up, no app, and the person opening it needs no account either.
Have a code already?
- No sign-up
- Nothing to register, nothing to verify.
- Expires on its own
- Set a lifetime; it deletes itself.
- Free to run
- No paid APIs behind any of it.
Three steps, no detours.
- 01
Drop it in
Text, images, video, PDFs, documents — or all of them at once. Drag onto the page or paste straight in.
- 02
Get a code
Every drop gets a short code and its own link. Pick your own name if you would rather.
- 03
Send it on
Copy the link, scan the QR, or share it anywhere. Whoever opens it needs no account either.
Limits — 25 MB per file · 100 MB per drop · 25 files
Plainly, what this does.
Drops are stored on the server so that a link works from any device. A password gates access and is stored only as a salted hash — but the content itself is not end-to-end encrypted, so treat this as convenient, not confidential.
Anyone with the link can open a drop. That is the point — keep the link to the people you meant.
Expiry is enforced by the database, so an expired drop and its files really are gone.
Recent drops live in your browser, never on the server. No accounts, no email addresses, nothing to sign up for.
About the tool
A file transfer that asks you for nothing
Just Save It is a free file transfer tool that runs entirely in a browser tab. Put in a file — or a block of text — and you get back a short code and a link. Send the link to whoever needs it, and they open it. That is the whole product. There is no account to create, no email address to hand over and nothing to install on either end.
Most file transfer services want something before they will move a single byte: an address to send to, a sign-up to lift a limit, a desktop client left running in the background. This one asks for nothing, because most transfers are not a project — they are one file, one person, one time. A screenshot to a colleague. A PDF to an accountant. An API key to a contractor who needs it in the next five minutes.
Free file transfer, with the limits printed on the tin
Free file transfer usually means a free tier with the catch somewhere below the fold. Here are the numbers, and they are the same numbers the app enforces:
- 25 MB
- per file
- 100 MB
- per transfer
- 25
- files at once
Nothing is throttled, no transfer waits behind a paying customer, and there is no paid tier to upgrade to. The limits are honest about why they exist: the whole thing runs on free infrastructure, with a free database cluster doing double duty as file storage, so the ceiling is set by what that holds rather than by a pricing page. Underneath it, every feature is on for everybody.
File transfer with no login, and what that buys you
A file transfer with no login is not just one less form. It means there is no account record with your name on it, no password of yours to leak in someone else’s breach, no email address to be marketed at later and no profile quietly accumulating a history of what you have sent. The server knows that a drop exists and when it expires. It does not know who made it.
It is also the difference people are after when they search for file transfer no login: not a shorter sign-up form, but no account at all, on either side of the transfer.
The list of recent drops on the home page lives in your browser’s local storage and never on the server. Clear your site data and it is gone — and the server was never holding a copy to begin with.
Android file transfer without installing anything
Searching for android file transfer usually leads down one of two dead ends: the long-retired desktop utility for shuttling files over a USB cable, or a hunt for yet another app to move one photo off a phone. Neither is a good use of an afternoon.
Because this is a web page, file transfer on Android is just: open the site in Chrome, tap Browse files, pick from Gallery or Downloads, and press Create drop. You get a link and a QR code back. The same page and the same steps work on iPhone, on a Chromebook, on Windows and on a Mac — there is no “phone version”, because there is nothing to version.
The most common version of the request is file transfer Android to PC — phone in one hand, laptop on the desk. Create the drop on the phone, then either open the link on the desktop or point its camera at the QR code. No cable, no pairing, no driver, and nothing installed on the PC either.
Secure file transfer — precisely what that means here
Secure file transfer is a phrase that gets stretched, so here is exactly what this does and does not do.
It does
- Serve every transfer over HTTPS.
- Hash any password you set with scrypt and a random per-drop salt, compared in constant time — the plain password is never written down.
- Enforce expiry in the database with a time-to-live index, so an expired drop and its file chunks are deleted rather than merely hidden.
- Offer burn-after-read, which starts a ten-minute self-destruct the first time a drop is opened.
It does not
- Encrypt content end to end. Files and text are stored in a form the server can read.
- Turn a password into a key the server lacks — it gates who may open a drop, nothing more.
- Claim to be the right tool for anything where the storage operator reading it would be unacceptable.
That trade-off is deliberate, and it is what lets a plain link work from any device without a secret fragment in the URL. It should still decide what you send. This is the right tool for a contract, a build artefact, a set of holiday photos or a credential you are about to rotate anyway. It is the wrong tool for anything that would genuinely hurt if the operator read it — for that, use something built around end-to-end encryption.
How it compares with Smash, WeTransfer and the rest
Smash file transfer and WeTransfer solved a different problem, and solved it well: sending very large files, usually by email, usually to a client. They are the right answer when a file is measured in gigabytes or when a delivery has to be tracked. Just Save It is not a clone of either, and is not affiliated with them.
| Feature | Just Save It | Email-based transfer |
|---|---|---|
| Send without creating an account | Yes | No |
| Recipient needs no account | Yes | Yes |
| Works from a link, not an email address | Yes | No |
| Short code and QR for phone-to-desktop | Yes | No |
| Password on the transfer itself | Yes | Yes |
| Burn after read | Yes | No |
| Multi-gigabyte files | No | Yes |
| Delivery tracking and receipts | No | Yes |
The difference is where the friction sits. An email-based transfer wants the recipient’s address before it will start, and then the recipient waits on a mail that may land in spam. A link-based drop has no recipient until you decide to send the link — paste it into whatever conversation you are already having. For a small file that needs to arrive in the next thirty seconds, that gap matters more than the size ceiling does.
File transfer free online — what you can actually send
Files of any type up to the per-file limit: images, video, PDFs, documents, archives, build outputs, logs. Text as well, which is the part people forget a file transfer tool can do — paste a note, a stack trace, a wifi password or a block of config, and the person at the other end gets it as selectable text rather than a screenshot they have to retype. Mix the two in one drop if it suits.
Every transfer gets a short code you can read down a phone line, and you can name it yourself when notes-for-priya beats a random string.
FAQ
File transfer questions, answered
Sending files
What is the best free file transfer?
There is no single best one — it depends on where the file is going, and the honest answer is that three different tools win three different situations.
- Two devices on the same wifi: a local tool such as Snapdrop or PairDrop is quickest, because the file never leaves the network.
- A multi-gigabyte delivery to a client: Smash file transfer or WeTransfer, which are built for size and for tracking what arrived.
- A quick hand-off to anyone, anywhere, with no sign-up on either side: a link-based tool like Just Save It — drop the file, send the link.
Just Save It covers the third case: free file transfer up to 25 MB per file, no account, and a link that expires on a schedule you choose.
How to transfer a file for free?
Four steps, no account and no software:
- Open Just Save It in any browser, on a phone or a computer.
- Tap Browse files and pick the file, or drag it onto the page.
- Press Create drop. You get a short code and a link back.
- Send the link however you like, or let the other person scan the QR code.
Whoever opens the link downloads the file without signing in. Nothing is installed at either end and nothing is charged at any point.
How to transfer files without login?
Use a tool that has no accounts at all, rather than one that lets you postpone the sign-up. On Just Save It there is no login step to skip: you land on the page, add a file or some text, and get a link.
Nothing asks you for an email address, a phone number or a password, and the person opening the link is not asked either. The only secret involved is an optional password you can set on the drop itself, which protects the content rather than identifying you.
Is Snapdrop free to use?
Yes. Snapdrop is a free, open-source, AirDrop-style web app, and its maintained fork PairDrop is free and open source too. Neither asks for an account.
The difference is how they connect: Snapdrop discovers devices on the same network, and PairDrop adds codes for pairing across networks. Just Save It — which is not affiliated with either project — puts the file behind a link instead, so the two devices never have to find each other, and the recipient can open it hours later on the other side of the world.
How to send a file without email?
Put the file behind a link, then send the link through whatever you are already using. Create the drop, copy the link or the short code, and paste it into WhatsApp, Slack, Signal, a text message or a ticket comment.
No address is collected from you or from the person receiving it, so nothing lands in an inbox or a spam folder. For a phone-to-computer hand-off you can skip the message entirely and scan the QR code instead.
How can I transfer files for free?
Free here means free rather than free-for-now. Every feature is available to everyone without a card: password protection, expiry, burn-after-read and the full 25 MB per-file allowance.
The ceiling is 25 MB per file, 100 MB per transfer and 25 files at a time. Above that you will want a service built for large files; below it, nothing is metered, queued or throttled.
About Just Save It
Is this file transfer really free?
Yes. Every feature is free to everyone: password protection, expiry, burn-after-read and the full 25 MB per-file allowance. There is no paid tier, no trial and no card on file, because there is nothing to upgrade to.
Do I need an account to send a file?
No. File transfer with no login is the entire point. You are never asked for an email address, a phone number or a password of your own, and no account record is created for you anywhere.
Does it work for Android file transfer?
Yes. It is a web page, so Android file transfer works in Chrome or any other mobile browser with no app to install: tap Browse files, pick from Gallery or Downloads, and share the link or scan the QR code. The same page works on iPhone, Windows, Mac and ChromeOS.
Is this a secure file transfer?
Partly, and the distinction matters. Transfers run over HTTPS, passwords are hashed with scrypt and a random salt, and expiry is enforced by the database rather than hidden in the interface. Content is not end-to-end encrypted, so the server can read it. Treat it as convenient rather than confidential.
How long does a transfer stay available?
You choose: 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days or never. Seven days is the default. Burn-after-read shortens that to ten minutes from the moment the drop is first opened.
How big a file can I send?
Up to 25 MB per file, 100 MB in a single drop, and 25 files at a time. Anything larger is rejected in the browser before a byte is uploaded.
Can I use it instead of Smash file transfer or WeTransfer?
For a quick hand-off, yes — there is no sign-up and no recipient email required. For multi-gigabyte deliveries, no: services like Smash file transfer and WeTransfer are built for that and this is not. Just Save It is not affiliated with either.
Does the person receiving the file need to sign in?
No. They open the link, or type the short code on the home page, and the files are there to download. If you set a password they will be asked for that, and nothing else.