Send photos from your phone to your computer
Just edited a photo here on your phone and want it on your computer? Open this page on both devices, scan the code, and the files travel directly between them — no cable, no app, no account, no cloud storage, and no upload to any server.
- Direct device-to-device
- Original quality, byte for byte
- Files and text
- Unlimited & free
Open this page on your other device
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Or join with a code
Everything on this page lives only in this browser tab. Refresh or close and it's gone.
How the transfer works
Open this page on both devices — for example your phone and your computer. One device shows a six-character code and a QR code; the other scans it or types the code in. The two browsers then negotiate a direct, encrypted peer-to-peer connection using WebRTC, the same technology video call sites use. From that moment the files flow straight from one device to the other.
This is the same promise as the rest of the site: nothing is uploaded. There is no server in the middle holding your photos, and there is no account anywhere. The connection details are exchanged through a signaling service — the operator that connects the call — and once the direct link is up, it is not involved any more.
Why not just email the photos to yourself?
| Method | What you give up |
|---|---|
| Email or a chat app to yourself | The file is stored on a mail or chat provider's servers, usually recompressed, and size caps get in the way |
| A cloud drive link | An account, an upload, and a copy of the file sitting on someone else's server |
| A USB cable | Fiddly drivers, different plugs on every phone, and the cable is never where you are |
| This page | Nothing leaves your devices — the trade-off is that both screens need the page open at the same time |
When you actually need this
- Right after editing here. Compressed a photo on your phone and want to keep working on the desktop — send the result over in one tap, at original quality.
- Bulk phone-to-PC moves. Offload a camera roll after a trip without a cable and without trusting a cloud folder.
- Sensitive files. Documents, ID scans, anything you would rather not hand to a cloud provider — a direct link means there is no third copy anywhere.
- Quick text handoff. A link, a Wi-Fi password, a tracking number — type it on one device, paste it on the other.
Frequently asked questions
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. The two devices negotiate a direct encrypted connection and the files travel straight across it, byte for byte. No server receives, stores or relays the file contents — the transfer fails rather than falling back to a relay.
What is the signaling service, and what does it see?
Before two devices can talk directly, they have to find each other — like an operator connecting a call. A public signaling service exchanges the connection details (network addresses and encryption keys) between your two devices. It can see that two browsers are connecting, and nothing about what they send afterwards. File bytes never touch it.
Is there a file size limit?
No hard limit. Files are streamed in small chunks, so even large videos transfer. Very large files take proportionally longer, and the speed depends on the slower of the two connections — the data goes over your networks, not through our servers.
Does it work if the phone is on mobile data and the computer is on Wi-Fi?
Usually yes — the two devices connect directly across networks. The exception is some corporate or campus networks that deliberately block peer-to-peer connections; in that case the transfer fails with a clear message rather than routing through a relay. A mobile hotspot is a reliable workaround.
Is the transfer quality-lossless?
Yes — the files arrive byte for byte identical to the originals. Nothing is re-encoded, resized or recompressed. If you want a smaller version first, compress the photo on this site before sending it.
Does anything stay on the page after I close it?
No. The pairing code, the messages and the files exist only inside the browser tab while it is open. Refresh or close the tab and everything is gone — there is no history and no account.