Does the person I send the link to need an AWS account?

No. They open the link in any browser and the file downloads. They never see your bucket name, your access key, or sign in anywhere.

How long does a share link last?

30 minutes. The window is re-checked on the server every time the link is clicked, so an old link cannot be replayed later.

Can I cancel a link I already sent?

Yes. Revoke kills the link immediately, including copies already forwarded to other people.

What does sharing cost?

Shareable links are part of the Unlimited plan at $1.99 per month.

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Send one file from your S3 bucket with a link that dies in 30 minutes.

The usual options are bad: make the bucket public, email a key pair, or paste a raw pre-signed URL you can never take back. Instead, click Share on a file and you get a short link like s3buckets.com/s/9fK2… that anyone can open once, that you can revoke, and that expires on its own.

Start sharing files I just need to download a file

Why the link is safe to send

Expires in 30 minutes

The clock is enforced on our server on every click, not baked into the link. After 30 minutes the link shows a plain 'this link has expired' page instead of the file.

No account for the recipient

They click, the file downloads. No AWS sign-in, no IAM user to create, no key pair to email around, nothing to install.

Revoke any time

Sent it to the wrong person? Hit Revoke and the link stops working instantly — including forwarded copies.

Your bucket stays private

The link is a short token on s3buckets.com. It never exposes your bucket name, your access key ID, or a 500-character pre-signed URL that can't be taken back.

How it works

1. Find the file. Open your bucket and click through the folders. Sharing is per file — folders and whole buckets deliberately can’t be shared.
2. Click Share. The link is created and copied to your clipboard, with a live countdown of the time left.
3. Paste it anywhere. Email, Slack, a text message. When it’s opened we check the clock, sign a fresh five-minute download on the spot, and hand the browser straight to S3 — the bytes never pass through us.

Common questions

Isn’t a pre-signed URL the same thing?: Not quite. A raw pre-signed URL is hundreds of characters long, leaks your bucket name and access key ID, and cannot be cancelled once it’s out of your hands. A share link keeps all of that private and can be revoked.
Can I share a whole folder?: No — one file per link, on purpose. A token is tied to a single object key, so it can’t be edited to reach anything else in your bucket.
Do you see the file?: No. We store the file’s key so we can sign a download, but the transfer happens between the recipient’s browser and S3 directly.
What plan do I need?: Shareable links are part of Unlimited, $1.99 a month. Browsing, uploading and downloading work on the free plan.

Ready to send your first link?

Add a bucket with your own access key, open a file, and click Share. Nothing to install on either end.

Create a share link