---
id: delta-drive.how-do-i-protect-or-limit-a-public-link
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-protect-or-limit-a-public-link
category: "Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"
subcategory: "Sharing and comments"
question: "How do I protect or limit a public link from Delta Drive?"
alt_questions:
  - "Can I password-protect a Delta Drive link?"
  - "Limit downloads on a shared link"
  - "Max views public link Delta Drive"
  - "Why was my public link paused?"
  - "My public link was suspended"
  - "Data limit on a shared link"
  - "Email me when my link is opened"
short_answer: "Add a password, Max views, Max downloads or daily and total data limits, and leave Allow downloads off for view only. A link pauses at a limit and emails you; unusual traffic suspends it automatically."
tags: ["sharing", "public link", "password", "limits"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/can-i-make-a-public-link-to-a-delta-drive-file", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/how-do-i-manage-my-delta-drive-shares"]
applies_to: "all"
wiki: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/public-links
last_reviewed: 2026-10-29
---

# How do I protect or limit a public link from Delta Drive?

When you make a link with **Anyone with the link**, you can add a password (in the link's settings), **Max views**, **Max downloads**, and a daily and a total data limit in GB. Leave **Allow downloads** off and the link is view only.

- **When a limit is reached**, the link pauses with a plain sentence saying so, and you're emailed once.
- **Unusual traffic** — a sudden spike, visits from many countries, or the link embedded on other websites — suspends it automatically and alerts you. Only we can lift a suspension, so get in touch if it was expected.
- A drive that's switched off or over its plan's storage serves nothing.

Visitors pass a quick automated check before the first view, automated tools are refused, and the pages aren't listed by search engines. You can turn on **Email me the first time it's opened**, and choose whether your email is shown on the page — your name always is.

See [public links](https://storagestudio.us/faq/delta-drive/can-i-make-a-public-link-to-a-delta-drive-file).