LinkDrop

Settings

This device
Shown to other devices on your network.
Fingerprint
Lets other devices confirm it’s really you.
Receiving
Install LinkDrop

Remote sharing
Connects the devices, and relays encrypted files when a direct path is blocked. Empty = remote off.
Network

Help

  1. Nearby Same Wi-Fi, straight across your network.
  2. Remote Anywhere: share a link or code, devices connect directly.
  3. You approve Nothing saves until the receiver accepts.
A device doesn’t show up
  • Open LinkDrop or the free LocalSend app on the other device. LinkDrop speaks LocalSend’s protocol (v2), so they work together.
  • Both devices must be on the same Wi-Fi or hotspot.
  • Press Refresh, then Deep scan to check every address on the network.
  • Office, school, hotel and guest Wi-Fi often block devices from seeing each other. Use a home network, or the phone’s hotspot.
  • For a phone without an app, use the Phone (QR) tab instead.
Phone can’t open the QR link
    “Your connection is not private” on the phone
    • Expected: LinkDrop runs on your computer and uses its own certificate instead of one from a public authority. The connection is still encrypted.
    • Android Chrome: Advanced → Proceed to the address.
    • iPhone Safari: Show Details → visit this website.
    • To be sure it’s your computer, check the fingerprint on the phone matches .
    • Keep the page open on the phone while sharing.
    Remote connection fails or hangs
    • Both devices need internet.
    • LinkDrop tries a direct connection first. If the networks block it (office Wi-Fi, mobile data, hotspots), it switches to its relay after a few seconds. Relayed files are encrypted on your device, so the relay can’t read them.
    • A link works once and expires. If it expired or someone else used it, create a new one.
    • Keep both pages open until the transfer finishes. Reloading ends the session.
    • The verification code must be the same on both screens. If it differs, leave the session.
    A transfer failed or was declined
    • The receiver has to press Accept. Ask them to check their screen.
    • PIN required: the receiver set a receive PIN in Settings. Ask them for it.
    • Failed files can be retried from the transfer page.
    • Received files are saved to the folder shown in Settings.
    Install LinkDrop as an app
    Privacy
    • Nearby: files go directly over your local network.
    • Remote: files go directly between the devices when the networks allow it, otherwise through LinkDrop’s relay. Either way they are encrypted end to end; the relay only sees scrambled data.
    • No accounts, analytics or ads. Private, not anonymous.

    Incoming transfer

    Protected device

    PIN required