# Share files safely

Give each person only the access they need, protect your share links with a password, an expiry date or no downloads, and check regularly what you share.

Updated: 2026-10-22  
Source: https://drime.cloud/support/security-and-privacy/safe-sharing

Sharing is safe when each person gets only the access they need, for as long as they need it. These good practices use settings Drime already offers.

## Invite people rather than sharing a link

A share link works for anyone who has it, even if it is forwarded. For files that matter, invite the people by email instead: only they get access. See [Share a link or invite people: which to choose](https://drime.cloud/support/sharing-and-collaboration/link-or-invite).

## Give the lowest level that is enough

| Level | What the person can do |
| --- | --- |
| **Can view** | Open and preview |
| **Can Download** | View and download |
| **Can edit** | View, download and edit: upload into a shared folder, create folders, rename, move |

No level lets a person delete items they do not own. See [Sharing permissions explained](https://drime.cloud/support/sharing-and-collaboration/sharing-permissions).

## Protect your links

When a link is the right choice, set it up in its **Link settings**:

- **Password protect**: visitors must type a password. After 10 wrong attempts on one link within 15 minutes, they must wait. Send the password separately from the link.
- **Link expiration**: the link stops working after the date and time you choose. Visitors then see **This link has expired**.
- **Allow download**: turn it off and visitors can only preview the files, without downloading them.

Password and expiry are available from the Essentials plan. See [Protect a link with a password or an expiration date](https://drime.cloud/support/sharing-and-collaboration/protect-a-link).

A share link never lets visitors edit your files, except on whiteboards and Pages, which have their own edit setting.

## Check regularly what you share

In your Drive, open **Shared**, then **Shared by me**: it lists your items shared with people or with an active link. For each one, you can:

- change a person's level, or **Remove** them;
- turn off the link;
- use **Unshare** to remove everyone, or **Delete sharing links**.

See [Change or remove access and stop sharing](https://drime.cloud/support/sharing-and-collaboration/manage-access-and-stop-sharing).

## In a workspace: restrict access

In a team workspace, **Restrict access** in the Share dialog hides a file or folder, and everything inside it, from the members you choose. See [Who can see my files?](https://drime.cloud/support/sharing-and-collaboration/who-can-see-my-files).

## Sensitive files: share from the Vault

Files in your Vault are encrypted on your device. When you share one, the link carries the decryption key after the `#` sign, a part of the address that browsers never send to Drime. Keep such a link private: anyone with the full link can open the file, unless you also protect it with a password. See [Share a file from your Vault](https://drime.cloud/support/vault/share-a-vault-file).

## Next steps

- [Protect a link with a password or an expiration date](https://drime.cloud/support/sharing-and-collaboration/protect-a-link)
- [Change or remove access and stop sharing](https://drime.cloud/support/sharing-and-collaboration/manage-access-and-stop-sharing)
- [Share a file from your Vault](https://drime.cloud/support/vault/share-a-vault-file)