Frequently Asked Questions

Login to your IBackup account and select the files/folders that you want to share with others, using the check boxes. Click the 'Share’ icon and set the share options.

You can create ‘SSL Security Enabled’ links, password protect your files/folders to ensure that they are viewed only by the intended recipients, write-enable your files/folders so that others can modify them and upload them back to your online backup account etc.

For more details on file sharing, view the demo.

The share links for files/folders created using Web-Manager will expire after the number of downloads / days set by the IBackup account holder.

If you need to share some data (on a permanent basis) without any limitations, we recommend that you try Sub-Accounts.

Click the link of the shared file/folder and 'Open' or 'Save' it to your computer. If you have an IBackup account, you can directly save the file to your IBackup account using the ‘Save’ option.

If you (recipient) have an IBackup account, then select the file that has been shared and click the ‘Save’ option. Provide your IBackup account details when prompted to save it directly to your online account. These files will display under the 'Sideload' folder.

The shared file/folder may have been moved to a different folder or deleted from the user’s IBackup account.

To prevent your associates from accessing your shared files/folders, login to your IBackup account via the web. Select the files/folders that you want to unshare and click Share Options > Unshare Folder/File

Alternately, you can go to Share Options > View Share Links and delete the files and folders that you no longer wish to share.

IBackup has the provision to share data using the default built-in client or your own email client (like Outlook/Outlook Express/other email client). The option to 'Send using your email program' on the share page appears once you choose the necessary options to create the share.