Bitwarden Send lets you share encrypted text or files with anyone via a secure, generated link. Create a Send from any Bitwarden app and configure access and privacy options to fit your sharing needs.
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If you're a member of an organization that activated the Remove Send policy, your access to Sends is limited:
You cannot create new Sends or edit existing ones.
You can view and delete Sends from the Sends page in all Bitwarden clients, except the web app.
You cannot access the Sends page with the Bitwarden web app.
A text Send shares encrypted text content, such as a message or note. All Bitwarden users can create and edit a text Send.
A file Send contains an encrypted file, such as a document or image. Only premium users or members of a paid organization (Families, Teams, or Enterprise) can make a file Send. To create a file Send, your account's email address must also be verified.
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If your account is older, you may need to proactively verify your email. Log in to the web app and select Verify Email. If your account email is not verified, then you cannot create Sends.
Choose the Bitwarden app you want to Send from to get started:
To create a new Send from the web app:
Select Send.
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This page lists all Sends you created that have not reached their deletion date. You can filter your Sends by selecting one of the available Types.
Select New:
New Send
Select which Send type you want to create, Text or File.
Enter a Name. This will be visible to anyone who opens the Send.
Depending on the type of Send:
For a text Send, enter the Text to share. If you don't want the Send to display this text when the link is first opened in a browser, check Hide text by default. This will require recipients to toggle visibility to read your message.
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Text Sends can include up to 1,000 characters encrypted. When saved, the character count of a Send's text is increased due to encryption, meaning that an 700-character Send will scale to ~1,000 characters when it comes into contact with Bitwarden, triggering this error. As a rule of thumb, character counts will grow between 30-50% when encrypted.
For a file Send, select Choose file and pick your file.
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The maximum file size per file Send is 500 MB (100 MB on mobile).
Pick a Deletion date from the dropdown menu, which is when the Send will be permanently deleted. The default is seven days and the maximum allowed time is 30 days from creation.
(Optional) Adjust the remaining options as needed:
Pick Who can view from the dropdown menu:
Choose Anyone with the link to allow anybody to open the Send link and view its contents. This is the default.
Choose Specific people and enter their email addresses (up to 2,500 characters) to require Send email verification before the Send can be opened.
Choose Anyone with a password set by you to require recipients to enter a password to open the Send.
Enter a number in Limit views to control how many times the Send can be opened before it's deactivated. No limit is set by default.
Check Hide your email address from viewers to remove your account's email from the opened Send.
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When a Send is restricted to Specific people or Anyone with a password set by you, your email address is always hidden until the recipient enters the emailed verification code or password. The Hide your email address from viewers setting only applies after that point.
Enter a Private note that's visible only to you, the creator of the Send. This note does not appear on the opened Send.
Select Save.
Once your Send is created, use the Options menu and select the Copy Send link button to copy the generated link to your clipboard:
Send options
Once copied, share your Send link with intended recipients however you prefer. Sends are end-to-end encrypted, so you don't need to worry about exposing any data to whatever intermediary communications services you use.
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To create a send while using the Firefox or Safari browser extension, you must open the extension in the side bar or select the popout button:
Browser extension pop-out
To create a new Send from the browser extension:
Select Send .
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This page lists all Sends you created that have not reached their deletion date. You can filter your Sends by selecting one of the available Types.
Select New:
Send view in a browser extension
Select which Send type you want to create, Text or File.
Enter a Name. This will be visible to anyone who opens the Send.
Depending on the type of Send:
For a text Send, enter the Text to share. If you don't want the Send to display this text when the link is first opened in a browser, check Hide text by default. This will require recipients to toggle visibility to read your message.
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Text Sends can include up to 1,000 characters encrypted. When saved, the character count of a Send's text is increased due to encryption, meaning that an 700-character Send will scale to ~1,000 characters when it comes into contact with Bitwarden, triggering this error. As a rule of thumb, character counts will grow between 30-50% when encrypted.
For a file Send, select Choose file and pick your file.
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The maximum file size per file Send is 500 MB (100 MB on mobile).
Pick a Deletion date from the dropdown menu, which is when the Send will be permanently deleted. The default is seven days and the maximum allowed time is 30 days from creation.
(Optional) Adjust the remaining options as needed:
Pick Who can view from the dropdown menu:
Choose Anyone with the link to allow anybody to open the Send link and view its contents. This is the default.
Choose Specific people and enter their email addresses (up to 2,500 characters) to require Send email verification before the Send can be opened.
Choose Anyone with a password set by you to require recipients to enter a password to open the Send.
Enter a number in Limit views to control how many times the Send can be opened before it's deactivated. No limit is set by default.
Check Hide your email address from viewers to remove your account's email from the opened Send.
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When a Send is restricted to Specific people or Anyone with a password set by you, your email address is always hidden until the recipient enters the emailed verification code or password. The Hide your email address from viewers setting only applies after that point.
Enter a Private note that's visible only to you, the creator of the Send. This note does not appear on the opened Send.
Select Save.
Once your Send is created, you may Copy the link or select the and then Copy Send link to copy the generated link to your clipboard:
Copy a Send link
Once copied, share your Send link with intended recipients however you prefer. Sends are end-to-end encrypted, so you don't need to worry about exposing any data to whatever intermediary communications services you use.
To create a new Send from the desktop app:
Select Send.
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This page lists all Sends you created that have not reached their deletion date. You can filter your Sends by selecting one of the available Types.
Select New:
Send view in a Desktop App
Select which Send type you want to create, Text or File.
Enter a Name. This will be visible to anyone who opens the Send.
Depending on the type of Send:
For a text Send, enter the Text to share. If you don't want the Send to display this text when the link is first opened in a browser, check Hide text by default. This will require recipients to toggle visibility to read your message.
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Text Sends can include up to 1,000 characters encrypted. When saved, the character count of a Send's text is increased due to encryption, meaning that an 700-character Send will scale to ~1,000 characters when it comes into contact with Bitwarden, triggering this error. As a rule of thumb, character counts will grow between 30-50% when encrypted.
For a file Send, select Choose file and pick your file.
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The maximum file size per file Send is 500 MB (100 MB on mobile).
Pick a Deletion date from the dropdown menu, which is when the Send will be permanently deleted. The default is seven days and the maximum allowed time is 30 days from creation.
(Optional) Adjust the remaining options as needed:
Pick Who can view from the dropdown menu:
Choose Anyone with the link to allow anybody to open the Send link and view its contents. This is the default.
Choose Specific people and enter their email addresses (up to 2,500 characters) to require Send email verification before the Send can be opened.
Choose Anyone with a password set by you to require recipients to enter a password to open the Send.
Enter a number in Limit views to control how many times the Send can be opened before it's deactivated. No limit is set by default.
Check Hide your email address from viewers to remove your account's email from the opened Send.
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When a Send is restricted to Specific people or Anyone with a password set by you, your email address is always hidden until the recipient enters the emailed verification code or password. The Hide your email address from viewers setting only applies after that point.
Enter a Private note that's visible only to you, the creator of the Send. This note does not appear on the opened Send.
Select Save.
Once your Send is created, select the and then Copy Send link to copy the generated link to your clipboard:
Send options on desktop
Once copied, share your Send link with intended recipients however you prefer. Sends are end-to-end encrypted, so you don't need to worry about exposing any data to whatever intermediary communications services you use.
To create a new Send from a mobile app:
Tap Send.
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This page lists all Sends you created that have not reached their deletion date. You can filter your Sends by selecting one of the available Types.
Tap the New icon:
Send on mobile
Select which Send type you want to create, Text or File.
Enter a Send name. This will be visible to anyone who opens the Send.
Depending on the type of Send:
For a text Send, enter the Text to share. If you don't want the Send to display this text when the link is first opened in a browser, toggle on When accessing the Send, hide the text by default. This will require recipients to toggle visibility to read your message.
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Text Sends can include up to 1,000 characters encrypted. When saved, the character count of a Send's text is increased due to encryption, meaning that an 700-character Send will scale to ~1,000 characters when it comes into contact with Bitwarden, triggering this error. As a rule of thumb, character counts will grow between 30-50% when encrypted.
For a file Send, select Choose file and pick your file.
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The maximum file size per file Send is 500 MB (100 MB on mobile).
Pick a Deletion date from the dropdown menu, which is when the Send will be permanently deleted. The default is seven days and the maximum allowed time is 30 days from creation.
(Optional) Adjust the remaining options as needed:
Pick Who can view from the dropdown menu:
Choose Anyone with the link to allow anybody to open the Send link and view its contents. This is the default.
Choose Specific people and enter their email addresses (up to 2,500 characters) to require Send email verification before the Send can be opened.
Choose Anyone with a password set by you to require recipients to enter a password to open the Send.
Enter a number in Maximum access count to control how many times the Send can be opened before it's deactivated. No limit is set by default.
Toggle on Hide my email address from recipients to remove your account's email from the opened Send.
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When a Send is restricted to Specific people or Anyone with a password set by you, your email address is always hidden until the recipient enters the emailed verification code or password. The Hide your email address from viewers setting only applies after that point.
Enter a Private note that's visible only to you, the creator of the Send. This note does not appear on the opened Send.
Tap Save.
Once your Send is created, select the and then choose the Share link option:
Share a send on mobile
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If you are using iOS, you can also share your send directly from the iOS Share Menu.
Share your Send link with intended recipients however you prefer. Sends are end-to-end encrypted, so you don't need to worry about exposing any data to whatever intermediary communications services you use.
The following are sample commands to help you get started using Send from the CLI. For more examples and help writing your own send command, we recommend reading Send from CLI.
To create a simple text Send with a deletion date set to 14 days from creation:
Bash
bw send -n "My Text Send" -d 14 "My first secret message."
To create a simple file Send with a deletion date set to 14 days from creation:
Bash
bw send -n "My File Send" - d 14 -f /Users/myaccount/Documents/my_file.pdf
