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# File Drop (secret) - This is how it works
# File Drop (secret) - How it works

The “File Drop” allows people who receive a specific link (the so-called link recipients”) to upload files to a shared folder.
The trick: The “link recipients cannot see the files already in the folder.
File Drop lets people who receive a specific link, the so-called link recipients, upload files to a shared folder.
Link recipients cannot see the files that are already in the folder.

## Create a "File Drop"
## Create a File Drop

- Click on the “three dot menu” next to the file or folder name you want to share.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/three-dot-menu.png").default} alt="Three dot menu" width="1920"/>
- Click the “three dot menu” next to the file or folder you want to share.
- Select “Share” from the drop-down menu.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/share-drop-down-menu.png").default} alt="Drop down menu" width="400" style={{ display: "block", marginTop: "1rem", marginBottom: "1rem" }}/>
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/share-drop-down-menu.png").default} alt="Drop down menu" width="1920" />
- A sidebar window will open on the right-hand side of the screen.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/sidebar-window.png").default} alt="Sidebar window" width="1920"/>
- At the sidebar window, you will find the area for “Public links”. There click on the "Add link" button.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/sidebar-window.png").default} alt="Sidebar window" width="400"/>
- In the sidebar window, find the “Public links” section and click Add link.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/add-link-button.png").default} alt="Add link button" width="400"/>
- Select the option for "Secret File Drop".
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/file-drop-button.png").default} alt="Select file drop" width="400" style={{ display: "block", marginTop: "1rem", marginBottom: "1rem" }}/>
- Type a password and confirm the entries with click on "copy link".
- You can also set an "Expiry date", if you want the link to expire. [External Sharing](./external), if you want to know how to set the Expiry date.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/password-and-copy-link-button.png").default} alt="Enter password and copy link" width="400" style={{ display: "block", marginTop: "1rem", marginBottom: "1rem" }}/>
- Now you send the link and the password to a "link recipient".

## To do's for the "link recipient"

- The “link recipient” opens the received link in a browser.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/file-drop-website.png").default} alt="File drop website" width="1920"/>
- The link recipient” enters the password and then clicks on “Continue”.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/password-and-continue.png").default} alt="Enter password and continue" width="400"/>
- Click "Options" to open the link settings.
- Open the access rights dropdown menu and select "Secret File Drop".
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/file-drop-button.png").default} alt="Select file drop" width="1920"/>

- Enter a password and click “Copy link” to confirm.
- You can also set an “Expiry date” if you want the link to expire.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/password-and-copy-link-button.png").default} alt="Enter password and copy link" width="1920"/>
- Share the link and password with the recipient.

## What the recipient does

- The recipient opens the received link in a browserand enters the password and clicks “Continue”.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/password-and-continue.png").default} alt="Enter password and continue" width="1920"/>
- Upload files:
- The File drop folder” is opened. The “link recipient can upload their files here without being able to view the existing contents of the folder.
- The File Drop folder opens. The recipient can upload files without seeing the existing contents of the folder.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/file-drop-area.png").default} alt="File drop area" width="1920"/>
- As confirmation that the upload was successful, a pop-up window appears in the lower right corner.
- A pop-up window appears in the lower right corner to confirm that the upload was successful.
<img src={require("./img/file-drop/upload-confirmation.png").default} alt="Upload confirmation" width="1920"/>

:::important
The “link recipient” does not have access to existing files - they can only add new files.
Recipients do not have access to existing files. They can only add new files.
:::

Now you know how you can share a file drop link
Now you know how to share a File Drop link.
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