Installing Sendya.
What you'll see on each system, what to click, and why Sendya asks for what it asks.
Windows
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) · about 10 MB
Install it
- The easy way: PowerShell. Open the Start menu, type PowerShell and open it. Paste this line and press Enter. It downloads Sendya, checks it's the real one, and installs it, with no “Windows protected your PC” step.
irm https://sendya.app/install.ps1 | iex - Or download the app and open Sendya.exe from your downloads. Sendya installs itself, with no admin rights needed, and opens in its own window.
- Find it in the Start menu. To send a file from anywhere: right-click it → Send with Sendya (on Windows 11, under Show more options).
What Windows may say
Windows doesn't know Sendya yet: it's new, and its download isn't signed yet. Click More info, then Run anyway. It asks once. The PowerShell way skips it.
Tick Private networks and click Allow access. That's how your devices on the same network find this PC and send to it.
What Sendya asks for
- Your networkThe firewall question above. Without it, devices nearby can't find this PC. Sending through the Sendya server still works.
- NotificationsOn by default. They tell you when a file, a note or a request arrives. Choose which ones in Sendya: Settings → Notifications.
- Windows HelloOnly if you lock Sendya with it.
Why Sendya asks.
Wherever you got it. A store checks the app, but your device may still ask you before Sendya can use these.
Your network
To find your devices nearby and send to them directly. Nothing leaves your network that way.
Notifications
To tell you when a file, a note or a request arrives.
Your files
To open only the folders you choose to share, and to save what you receive where you choose.
Camera
To scan a QR code when you pair. Nothing else.
The background (Android)
To keep receiving with the screen off.
Never asked
Your contacts or your microphone. Sendya doesn't need them.
Then send something.
Install it on both devices
Your phone and your computer, or two computers. Open Sendya on both.
On the same network?
They find each other in a few seconds. Pick the other device and send.
Far apart? Pair once
On one device tap + and Show my code. On the other, Enter a code (or scan the QR). After that they reach each other from anywhere.