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| UP: 41274 files (37603GB) | DOWN: 81637 files (44224GB) |1.5
Welcome to FileSender
FileSender is a secure way to share large files with anyone! Logon to upload your files or invite people to send you a file.

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  • If you do not see your institution in the list of Identity Providers (IdPs), or your institutional login fails, please contact your local IT support

Uploads smaller than 2 Gigabytes (2GB) with Adobe Flash

  • If you can watch YouTube videos this method should work for you
  • You need a modern browser running version 10 (or higher) of Adobe Flash.
  • FileSender will warn you should you try to upload a file that is too big for this method

Uploads of any size with HTML5

  • If you see green HTML5 tick in FileSender's top right-hand corner this method works for you
  • You need a very recent browser supporting HTML5, the latest version of the "language of the web".
  • Currently Firefox4 (and higher) and Chrome on both Windows, Mac OSX and Linux are known to work.
  • Please use the "When can I use..." website to monitor implementation progress of the HTML5 FileAPI for all major browsers. In particular support for FileReader API and Blob URLs needs to be light green (=supported) for a browser to support uploads larger then 2GB

Downloads of any size

  • You need a modern browser, Adobe Flash or HTML5 are not required for downloads

Limits of this FileSender installation

  • Maximum recipient addresses per email: 50 multiple email addresses (separated by comma or semi-colon)
  • Maximum number of files per upload: one - to upload several files at once, zip them into a single archive first
  • Maximum file size per upload, with Adobe Flash only: 2 GB
  • Maximum file size per upload, with HTML5: 450 GB
  • Maximum file / voucher expiry days: 60

For more information please visit www.filesender.org

FileSender is an installation of FileSender (www.filesender.org), which is developed to the requirements of the higher education and research community.
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