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Create a Google Drive file request link
Share the link and every file people send lands neatly in your own Google Drive. No accounts for the people sending files, no new storage to manage.
Get started freeHow it works
Step 1
Create a link
Sign in with Google and set up a link — optional file size, count, and expiry limits included.
Step 2
Share it
Send the link by email, chat, or wherever. No account needed on the other end.
Step 3
Files land in your Drive
Every upload is delivered straight into a dedicated folder in your own Google Drive.
Onefile request link, set with apassword and anexpiry date. Whoever you send it to uploads without aGoogle account, sees nothing but an upload box, and every file lands in afolder inside your own Drive.
Goes straight to your Drive
No new storage to manage. Files people send you land right in your own Google Drive.
Private by default
Drive File Request can only touch the files and folders it creates. Nothing else in your Drive is visible to it.
Set your own limits
Cap the file size, the number of uploads, or set an expiry date — you're always in control.
Google Drive doesn’t have a single, obvious “file request” button — most people patch one together with a shared folder or a Google Form. Drive File Request is a simpler alternative built for exactly that job: create a file request link, share it, and files show up in your Drive automatically.
If you’re still working out which tool fits, the file request software page compares the category and how the main options differ. For collecting from clients under access controls, see the secure file upload portal page, and for sorting many documents from many senders, document collection software. Collecting photos rather than paperwork — from wedding guests, say — is covered on wedding guest photo upload.
Does Google Drive have a file request feature?
Not as a single dedicated button. Google lets you approximate it with a shared upload folder or a Google Form tied to a Drive folder, but both take several steps to set up correctly. Drive File Request gives you the same result — files landing straight in your Drive — from one link.
Is this the same as a Google Drive upload link?
Yes — a Drive File Request link is an upload link: one URL that lets anyone send files into a folder in your Google Drive. The difference from a shared folder link is that senders only ever see an upload page, never the folder's contents.
What's a good alternative to a Google Drive file request link?
Drive File Request. Sign in with Google, create a link with optional file size, count, and expiry limits, and share it. Anyone with the link can upload — the files show up in a folder in your own Drive automatically.
Can people upload files without a Google account?
Yes. Only you, the link owner, sign in with Google. Anyone you share the link with can upload files with no sign-up and no account of their own.
What does the upload screen look like for the person sending files?
A single page with a drag-and-drop area and a "Choose files" button — nothing to sign up for, nothing else on the page to distract them.
Is Drive File Request file request software, like Dropbox or Box file requests?
Yes — it's the same idea as Dropbox File Requests or Box, except the files land in your own Google Drive instead of a separate storage silo. If you're already living in Google Drive, you don't need a second account just to collect files.
How is this different from a Dropbox or OneDrive file request?
Dropbox and OneDrive file requests deliver files into their own storage. Drive File Request is built specifically for Google Drive: sign in with your Google account, and every upload goes straight into a folder you already own — no syncing between services.