# Send a document for signature

Send a document to one or several people for electronic signature with Drime Sign, even if they have no Drime account, in five steps.

Updated: 2026-10-22  
Source: https://drime.cloud/support/sign/request-signatures

Drime Sign sends your documents for electronic signature. Your signers do not need a Drime account: they sign from the link they receive by email.

## Start a signature request

Go to **Tools** \> **Sign**, then click **New document**. You can also:

- click **Signature** in the row of actions above your Drive file list;
- in your Drive, click **New** \> **Modify** \> **Sign** \> **Get signatures**;
- with Drime Desktop for Windows, right-click a PDF, DOC, DOCX or PNG file in your Drime folder, point to **Drime**, then choose **Get signatures**.

The request then goes through five steps: **Document**, **Signature**, **Signers**, **Fields** and **Send**.

## 1. Add the document

Click **Choose a document**, drop your files, or click **Import from Drime** to pick them from your Drive.

You can send PDF, PNG, JPEG, GIF and WebP files (images become PDF). Each document can weigh up to 50 MB, and one request can hold up to 20 documents.

## 2. Choose the signature level

On **Which signature level?**, choose **Simple signature** or **Advanced signature**, then click **Continue**. You can change the level until the document is sent.

## 3. Add the signers

1. In **Who should sign?**, enter the email address of each signer, and their name if you want.

   Click **Add a signer** for each extra person. If you are the only one to sign, click **I am the only signer** instead: see [Sign a document yourself](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/sign-a-document-yourself).

2. To set a signing order, turn on **Set signing order**.

   Then drag the signers into the order you want: they sign one after another. Otherwise, all signers are invited at the same time.

3. Click **Continue**.

## 4. Place the fields

1. Drag fields onto the document, or click to place them.

   Choose the signer in **Add fields for:** before you add their fields. Every signer needs at least one field.

   ![The Fields step of the signature wizard, with the field palette and fields placed for two demo signers](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5ADY6VVJMW3XH82JJPZ1Y44/24481157d0ba-web-sign-wizard-fields.png)

2. Click **Send by email**.

In a phone's browser, fields cannot be placed: Drime shows **Place fields on a larger screen**. Use a computer, a tablet, or the Drime mobile app, which has its own step to place fields.

To send the signing link yourself instead of by email, click the arrow next to **Send by email**, then **Share the link**.

## 5. Send

On **Review and send**, check the recipients, then set the options:

- **Custom message (optional)**: a message for your signers, up to 2,000 characters;
- **Deadline (optional)**: a date by which they should sign;
- **Automatic reminders**, with a **Reminder interval** of every day, every 2 days, every 3 days or every week. They are on by default, every 3 days.

Click **Send**. The message **Document sent!** confirms it.

Each signer then receives an email with their signing link, which stays valid for 30 days. You follow the request in **Tools** \> **Sign**, where it shows as **Pending** until everyone has signed; **Remind** sends a reminder. See [Follow and download signed documents](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/track-and-download-signed-documents).

![The Review and send step with the custom message, the deadline and the automatic reminders](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5ANTC6W4WV6TRHBJ0P2HYS0/db63483222f8-web-sign-review-send.png)

> **Note**
>
> On the free and Starter plans, you can send 3 signature requests per calendar month. See [How many signature requests can I send?](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/signature-request-limits).

## If it doesn't work

| What you see | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| **You have reached your monthly limit of … signature requests. Upgrade to the Essentials plan or higher to send more.** | You used this month's requests. Wait for next month, or choose a higher plan. |
| **Document exceeds the 50MB limit** | The document is over 50 MB. Compress it or split it, then add it again. |
| **This envelope is limited to … documents** | One request holds up to 20 documents. Send the others in a second request. |
| **Place fields on a larger screen** | Fields cannot be placed in a phone's browser. Continue on a computer, a tablet or in the Drime mobile app. |
| You cannot go past the **Fields** step | Every signer needs at least one field. Choose each signer in **Add fields for:** and give them a field. |

## Next steps

- [How many signature requests can I send?](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/signature-request-limits)
- [Sign a document yourself](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/sign-a-document-yourself)
- [Templates and bulk send](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/templates-and-bulk-send)