When you share a file or folder on FileMv, the result is a link. Whoever has it can open it in any browser — no account, no app.
The two forms of a link
A share without a password has two equivalent addresses:
- a short link like
filemv.com/s/ab12cd34— this is what the copy button gives you, and the form meant for pasting into chats and emails; - a long link like
filemv.com/share/…with a longer token.
Both open the same page. Any account, the free one included, can also replace the random ending with a custom slug.
A password affects the short link too. When you add a password to a share, its automatic short link is removed — an /s/… link you already sent stops working. A custom slug, however, stays in place alongside the password; without one, the copy button gives you the long link. If you remove the password later, the share gets a new short link; the old one does not come back.
Creating and managing a share
Sign in and open a file or folder in your Drive, then use the share button. The share dialog is also where everything about the link is managed later:
- copy the link or the embed code,
- change the Visibility (see below),
- set or remove a password,
- set an expiry, or revoke the link entirely.
Anonymous file sharing from the home page gives you the share link right on the upload success screen — but without an account there is no way to manage it afterwards.
The link is not the file
A share link is a door to the file, not the file itself. Revoking a link or letting it expire never deletes anything from your Drive — you can always share the same file again with a fresh link. The reverse is also true: deleting the file kills every link that pointed at it.
Can it show up in search engines?
When you share without an account — on the home page, in the upload window and under the share button of the image, audio and video tools — a "Show in search engines" checkbox appears, switched off by default:
- on, the share is public: anyone can open it, it can appear in FileMv search, and Google and other search engines may list it in their results — together with the file or folder name;
- off, the share is link-only: only people you send the link to can open it, and we tell search engines not to index it.
Your browser remembers your last choice. It is not set in stone either: in your Drive, the share dialog's Visibility picker changes it at any time — "Publicly visible" is a public share, "Unlisted" a link-only one. A share that is password-protected, expired, or blocked by moderation never shows up in search engines, even if it is public. Your earlier uploads do not change: they stay link-only. The details are in the privacy policy.
Who can see a shared file elsewhere
A link-only share does not publish the file anywhere else: it does not appear in search, on your profile, or in Explore. A public share can also appear in search engines (see above), but not on your profile or in Explore — content gets there through collections.