NoW 365 oFS - How to share files and folders (With password) (Android)

NoW 365 oFS - How to share files and folders (With password) (Android)

Updated on: Nov 14, 2025


Overview

How to share files or folders on the Android with a password

Scope of This How To Article

This How To Article applies to Android, NoW365 oFS (oneFileSync)

Prerequisites and Requirements

Other Notes

Steps

Step 1.0 - Share Files or Folders with Password

Sub-Step #

Instruction

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Sub-Step #

Instruction

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1.1

Launch FileCloud

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1.2

Go to your files or folders that you want to share with an internal or external user. For this example, we will be sharing files under My Files.

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1.3

For this example, we will share an entire folder. Click on the … Ellipses for the folder that you want tshare

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1.4

  1. Tap Share

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1.5

  1. Optional: Change the share name, recommend leaving it the same

  2. Optional: You can set your link expiration date here

  3. Optional: You can set the upload size limit. This only applies to users with full share permission (Read, Write)

  4. Optional: By default it is on, recommend you leaving it

  5. For Sharing Permission, TAB Edit

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1.6

  1. Select Allow anyone with link and a password

  2. Tap Save

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1.7

You will get a similar notification. Click OK.
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Depending on your site security Policy, the default file sharing method may be set to “Specific users and groups”. If this is the case, then you will get a warning when you switch to a different sharing method from the default method.

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1.8

A default password has been generated, click the eye icon or enter your own

 

You will need to manually provide this password the share file recipient

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1.9

Set your sharing permissions as required. For this demo, it is view and download only. If you want to allow users to upload to a shared folder, make sure you check upload

 

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1.10

You have two options at this point.

TAB option 1

which will bring up the Android share option screen

TAB option 2

which copies the link of the file share, and you can manually paste it in email or SMS.

 

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1.11

Tab the close button when finished

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The changes documented above are specific to the NIRIX Shared Hosting Environment only.

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