Password Protected File Sharing — Without the Overhead

If you’re looking for a password protected file sharing site, you’ve probably already found a dozen enterprise platforms asking you to set up a client portal, create accounts for your recipients, and commit to a monthly subscription before you can share a single file.

Most of the time, that’s not what you need. You need to get a file to someone securely, know when they’ve accessed it, and have the whole thing disappear when it’s done.

The Quick Answer

Password Pusher lets you attach files to a self-destructing link. Upload the file, set an expiration, share the link. The recipient clicks it, downloads the file, and the link expires after the view limit or time limit you set. No account required — for you or the recipient.

If that’s enough to get started, go to pwpush.com and try it. No signup needed.

If you want to understand the full feature set, keep reading.

The workflow is the same whether you’re sharing a text password or a file — or both at the same time.

Go to pwpush.com and create a new push
Attach one or more files alongside any text or notes you want to include
Set your expiration — how many views and how many days before the data is deleted
Get your link — a unique, one-time URL you can send through email, Slack, Teams, or any other channel
Share it — your recipient clicks the link and downloads the files

After the view limit or time limit is reached, the files and any associated text are deleted. Not archived somewhere. Deleted. The link goes dead, and anyone who finds it later gets nothing.

You can also add a passphrase so the recipient needs both the link and a separate password to access the files — useful when you’re sending something particularly sensitive.

Track Who Accessed Your Files

This is where Password Pusher goes beyond basic file sharing. Every push comes with a complete audit trail:

Who opened the link — IP address and geographic location
When they accessed it — exact timestamp
How many times the link has been viewed
Whether it’s still active or has expired

You can also turn on access notifications so you get alerted the moment someone opens your link. For compliance-sensitive workflows — legal, finance, healthcare, IT — knowing exactly when and where a file was accessed isn’t optional. It’s required.

And if you need to revoke access before the expiration? One click. The link dies immediately.

Why Not Just Use Dropbox or Google Drive?

Those platforms are great for ongoing collaboration. But they’re designed for files that stick around — shared folders, persistent access, version histories. That’s the opposite of what you want when sharing sensitive documents with a client or contractor.

When you share a file through a cloud drive:

The file persists in shared folders, recent files, and backups — indefinitely
Access is ongoing unless you remember to revoke it
Recipients need accounts on the same platform
No audit trail for individual file access at the link level

Password Pusher is built for the other use case: ad-hoc, temporary file delivery where the file should stop existing after it’s been received.

Send a contract draft to a client. Deliver API credentials with supporting documentation. Share tax documents with your accountant. Get configuration files to a contractor. In all of these cases, the file needs to get there, the recipient needs to confirm receipt, and then the file should be gone.

Built for Teams and Organizations

If you’re sharing files across a team, Password Pusher Pro adds the features organizations need:

Custom domains — share links from your own domain instead of pwpush.com
White-label branding — your logo, your colors, your messaging. Recipients see your brand, not ours
Team dashboards — shared visibility into all pushes across your organization
Workspace policies — enforce expiration limits, passphrase requirements, and other security rules organization-wide
API and CLI — automate file distribution through your existing workflows

Pro is available as a hosted service on pwpush.com — with dedicated EU and US data regions — or as a self-hosted license for organizations that want files on their own infrastructure.

Getting Started

Text and password sharing on pwpush.com is free — no account required. File sharing is available with Premium and Pro subscriptions, starting at $19/month.

If you’d rather self-host, the open source edition includes file sharing out of the box. Deploy it on your own infrastructure and start sharing files immediately.

The platform has been in production for over fourteen years — AES-256 encryption, more than 100 million secrets shared, and a fully auditable open source codebase. No portal. No enterprise contract.

Peter Giacomo Lombardo Founder & Principal, Apnotic · Creators of Password Pusher