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.

Note: Sharing option is available for IBackup accounts with default encryption.

Yes. To view the status of files / folders that are shared with your associates, login to your IBackup account through the web and click on the 'Share History' icon on the toolbar.

The files and folders shared with your associates are listed. You can view the share creation date, number of downloads and the number of days remaining for share along with other share permissions like SSL, Password Protected etc.

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

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 desired files/folders and click 'Unshare' to cancel the share.

Alternately, you can go to 'Share History' 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.