Proton Drive Gets Simpler File and Folder Sharing

Proton today announced an update to its secure cloud storage service, Proton Drive, that enables sharing files and folders via an email address.

“We’re excited to announce new enhancements to Proton Drive’s sharing functionality, giving you greater control over who you share with and how you share your files and folders,” Proton’s Anant Vijay writes. “This feature builds on how sharing currently works in Drive by letting you share directly with specific people using their email addresses. You can set viewer or editor permissions and revoke access anytime, offering a much higher level of security and control. We’re rolling out these improvements to the entire Proton community over the next few days.”

Proton Drive is available in free and paid tiers, and it offers end-to-end encryption to ensure that no one, including Proton, can access the files you store there. This encryption works when you share files or folders, too, and you can optionally password-protect files and configure expiration dates for shared links. There are no file size limits on the service or for sharing.

With this update, Proton Drive adds a new way to share files and folders, via the recipient’s email address. You can configure whether the shared content is view only or has modify rights, and you can revoke access at any time. And as with the link-based sharing functionality, it’s always end-to-end encrypted.

In this initial release, Proton Drive email address-based file sharing is available with the web version of the service. It will come to the Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone, and iPad versions of Proton Drive soon.

The free version of Proton Drive provides 5 GB of storage. You can upgrade to Drive Plus ($3.99 per month when paid annually, so $47.88 per year) and get 200 GB of storage or Proton Unlimited ($9.99/$119.88) for 500 GB. Each tier, including free, provides access to various levels of Proton Mail, Calendar, VPN, and Pass functionality as well.

You can learn more about Proton Drive on the Proton website. There’s also a separate page if you’d like more information about file and folder sharing.