AnonFiles closed down in August 2023 and never came back. Both anonfiles.com and anonfile.com stopped resolving, so every link you were given through the service is gone along with the files behind it - there is no archive and no way to recover them. The owners said the service was shut because of the volume of abusive uploads they could no longer moderate.
Send filesIf you landed here looking for AnonFiles, you most likely need one of two things: a replacement for sending files anonymously, or an explanation for a dead link somebody sent you. Both are below.
FileTransfer.io does the same job - you pick files, you get a link, the person on the other end downloads them. No account is needed to send, the free limit is 4 GB per transfer, and there are no pop-ups or redirects between the link and the file. What AnonFiles did not have and this does: password protection, resumable uploads, and a download counter so you can see whether your file actually arrived.
If you do create a free account, you also keep a list of everything you sent, which is the usual reason people ask for one.
No. The service is gone, the storage behind it with it, and no mirror holds the files. If the file mattered, the only route is to ask whoever uploaded it to send it again.
Yes. You do not need to register to send a file here, and nothing is published or indexed - a transfer is reachable only by the link you share. Links expire on their own, which is the part most people actually want from "anonymous": the file does not sit online forever.
The comparison below was written while AnonFiles was still running and is kept as a record of what the service offered. It no longer describes anything you can use.
On both platforms, you can upload files without being a member of the site. On the other side, unpaid registration on FileTransfer.io will allow you to look back on your packages, adding comments, and the first 24 hours are not included in the 50x download limit.
Anonfile does not have any registration system or sign up button, so you have to be unregistered the whole time.
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Anonfile |
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| Maximum size of data package | 4 GB | ? |
| Expire date | 3 days | - |
| Download limit | 10× / day | - |
| Allow comments | YES | NO |
| Ad-free | YES | YES |
| Password protection | YES | NO |
| Multi-platform optimization | YES | YES |
| Upload resume | YES | NO |
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Anonfile is a free app where you can share small files via the internet. It is pretty simple to use, however its design resembles the times of Windows XP. It is also not clear what is the maximum upload size as they claim that you can share files up to 20GB, yet we received an error saying “server responded with 0 code” while uploading files much smaller.
In fact, we failed to upload any file on Anonfile at the time of our test (mid-June 2020). It is possible, that it was just a temporary issue that has been fixed, yet it is the reason why we couldn’t provide you with precise data.
FileTransfer.io comes to the place with generous 4 GB to share for free users and up to 60 GB for the premium. It also has advanced functions such as password protection or messages attached to files.
There are no pop-ups on Filetransfer.io or Anonfile. Both apps won’t disturb you with any annoying ads, so you can only focus on sharing and downloading files. Anonfile, however, triggered both antiviruses that we used during comparison (Avast!, Norton) and they flagged the page as a possible threat.
Lucky for all of us, the internet connection is getting better every day worldwide. However, some of us live in countries with a weak internet connection, and they shouldn't be disadvantaged because of that.
That is why FileTransfer.io added a feature that automatically returns uploading where it interrupted after you reconnect. We couldn’t test this feature with Anonfile as we failed to upload different types of files at all occasions.
In this comparison, the premium version provides only FileTransfer.io. The premium subscription is paid monthly and you get access to deleted data packages, and you can start uploading files up to 60 GB.
In many cases, upload speed is limited only by your local internet connection. FileTransfer.io has stable servers spread all over the world and works with no drops in speed. We couldn’t measure the download speed at Anonfile, as it didn’t work while testing.
Anonfile doesn’t work at the moment, and we found many reviews from the past that mention that it is used for phishing or illegal software sharing. At FileTrasnfer.io, you get more stable servers and better-organized user interface with no ads or need for registration. You can try for yourself as both of them offer free instances.
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