Drive File Request

Let anyone send you files, straight to your Google Drive

Create a link, share it, and every upload lands neatly in your own Drive. No accounts for the people sending files, no new storage to manage.

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Team Photos

Send files to Alex’s Google Drive.

Drop files here or choose them from your device.

Choose files

How 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.

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 link, share it, and files show up in your Drive automatically.

Frequently asked questions

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 there an official Google Drive file request feature in 2026?

As of 2026, Google still hasn't shipped a dedicated "file request" feature under that name. Most people either use a shared folder with edit access (which also exposes everyone else's files) or a Google Form. Drive File Request is built specifically to fill that gap.

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.