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Share files between Android & Windows with Quick Share

Share files between Android & Windows with Quick Share

You can send and receive files between your Android device and Windows computer with Quick Share. You can share:

Availability

In the US and most countries, Quick Share for Windows is available. Support is currently not available in:

Device requirements

Important: ARM-based devices require Windows 11 and up.

Set up Quick Share app for Windows

Important:

  1. Download and install Quick Share from the Google website to your Windows computer.
  2. Open the app and sign in.
  3. Under “Visible to others as,” select your device name.
  4. Under “Receiving,” select who can share with you.
  5. Click Done.

Tip: The Quick Share app in the Microsoft Store only works for Samsung Galaxy devices. If you have a Galaxy Book and Galaxy phone or tablet, you can use Samsung’s Quick Share app. If you don’t have a Galaxy Book, download Google's Quick Share app.

Update your sharing settings
  1. On your computer, open the Quick Share for Windows app .
  2. At the top right, click Settings Device visibility.
  3. Select your visibility:
Tip:

For a more private and secure sharing, sign in to your Google Account. Then, select

Contacts

or

Your devices

.

Send content to other devices
  1. On your Windows computer, open the Quick Share for Windows app .
  2. Select the file you want to share.
  3. Drag the file into the app window.
  4. Select the device you want to share your file with.
  5. Select Share.
  6. Once the receiver confirms the share, your file is sent.

Tip: If you can’t drag and drop the file:

Get content from someone

Important: To receive files from someone, your device must be detectable to them. You can change your device’s visibility in Settings .

  1. When someone uses Quick Share to send content to you, you’ll get a notification.
  2. Select Accept or Decline.
  3. Review the share request.

  4. To get the content, select Accept.

Tip: If you share content between your own devices with the same Google Account, the receiver’s device accepts the transfer automatically.

About Quick Share in background mode

When the app is either open in the background or open but not focused, Quick Share can still receive files.

When you receive content and files when the app runs in the background, you still get notifications. You can accept content from the notification.

If you open the app from the background to foreground, you go back to the foreground flow.

Tip: When you click on the Quick Share window when it’s open, it’s not yet fully closed. To fully close Quick Share:

  1. Right-click the tray .
  2. Click Quit.
Troubleshoot problems when you share

Try these steps if:

Check your Wi-Fi connection
  1. On your phone, turn off Wi-Fi.
  2. Turn on the hotspot.
  3. Connect both devices to the hotspot.
Check other settings You don’t get a sharing notification

Important: To get notifications, turn off Focus Assist or Do not disturb.

  1. On your computer, open Settings.
  2. Click System Notifications & actions.
  3. Turn on Get notifications from apps and other senders.
  4. Under “Get notifications from these senders,” turn on Quick Share.
Ask other users for help

If you have more questions, you can ask other users in the Android Help Community.

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