---
title: "Sharing files from Delta Drive and My Drive"
url: https://storagestudio.us/wiki/sharing-from-delta-drive
category: "Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"
tags: ["sharing", "delta drive", "my drive", "recipients"]
summary: "Share a file or folder from Delta Drive or My Drive with named people only. Each person proves who they are with an emailed code, you choose what they can do and when the share stops working, and you can see who opened it and withdraw it at any time."
updated: 2026-10-01T05:34:12.000Z
---

# Sharing files from Delta Drive and My Drive

Share a file or folder from Delta Drive or My Drive with named people only. Each person proves who they are with an emailed code, you choose what they can do and when the share stops working, and you can see who opened it and withdraw it at any time.

You can share any file or folder in [Delta Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-drive) or [My Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/my-drive) with the people you name — and only them. Each person gets an email, opens the share in a browser with a one-time code (no account, no password), and can do only what you allowed, until the date you chose.

## Making a share

1. Select the file or folder and choose **Share** in the bottom bar, or right-click it and choose **Share…** (shortcut ⇧⌘S).
2. Optionally give it a name under **Name this share (optional)**.
3. Under **Who can open it**, type the email addresses, separated by commas. Only these addresses can open it.
4. Under **What they can do**, pick a level:

   | Level | What it allows |
   |---|---|
   | **Read** | Open and download. Nothing they do can change anything. |
   | **Comment** | Open, download, and leave comments on the files. Still can't change them. |
   | **Read / Write** | Add, rename, move and bin things inside what you shared — and comment. |
   | **Reshare** | Everything Read / Write allows, plus passing it on to other people. |

5. Under **Stops working after**, choose **1 day**, **7 days**, **30 days** or **90 days**.
6. Choose **Create share**. Storage Studio emails everyone on it. The link only works for them — it's useless to anyone else.

```mermaid
%% caption: What happens after you create a share
flowchart TD
  A[Create share] --> B[Each person gets an email]
  B --> C[They open the link in a browser]
  C --> D{Is their address on the share?}
  D -->|Yes| E[They enter the emailed code]
  E --> F[They see only what you shared, with the powers you chose]
  D -->|No| G[The share does not open]
```

*Flowchart — What happens after you create a share. Outline:*

- Create share
  - leads to Each person gets an email
- Each person gets an email
  - leads to They open the link in a browser
- They open the link in a browser
  - leads to Is their address on the share?
- Is their address on the share?
  - Yes: leads to They enter the emailed code
  - No: leads to The share does not open
- They enter the emailed code
  - leads to They see only what you shared, with the powers you chose

The levels on offer come from our servers, so the list in your app always matches what a share actually allows. A disposable email address is refused when you create the share.

## Changing what one person can do

On an existing share, each person has their own row under **Permissions**, set to **Same as the share** by default. You can give one person more or less than the rest. **Owner** — full control of what you shared, as if it were theirs — can only be given to someone who has already opened the share.

## Who opened it, and withdrawing it

- The **Shared** screen in the sidebar lists everything you've shared. **Copy link** copies a share's address; **Withdraw** stops it working straight away. Turn on **Show expired and withdrawn** to see past shares.
- In the Share sheet's list, **Activity** shows what has happened on a share, and where it was opened from by country and city — never the visitor's own address.
- The **Recent** screen, set to **Opened**, shows when somebody you shared with last opened or downloaded a file.

Items inside a live share carry a small two-person mark, so you can see at a glance what others can open — see [What the Delta Drive badges mean](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-drive-badges).

## Things shared with you

When someone shares with your address, it appears in your drive's **Shared** folder on the web, in a folder named after the person who shared it, alongside anything you keep there yourself.

## Shares belong to one drive

A share remembers the drive it was made on. If you switch that drive off, disconnect it, or your My Drive is paused, the people you shared with see "This share isn't available right now" until it is back. They never see files from a different drive.

See also: [My Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/my-drive), [Delta Trust, Delta Drive and My Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-trust-delta-drive-and-my-drive), [Privacy: what stays on your Mac](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/privacy-overview).

## What links here

- [Delta Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-drive)
- [Delta Trust, Delta Drive and My Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-trust-delta-drive-and-my-drive)
- [My Drive](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/my-drive)
- [What the Delta Drive badges mean](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/delta-drive-badges)