iPhone to Windows, no cable
Send Files from iPhone to PC, Full Quality Over Wi-Fi
Move photos, videos, folders and text off your iPhone and onto your Windows PC in one gesture, at original quality, with no cable and no cloud.
Free on your network. End to end encrypted. No account required.
Windows has no AirDrop, so moving photos and files off an iPhone usually means a cable, iCloud, or emailing files to yourself. Flitdrop does it in one gesture: your iPhone and PC talk directly over your own Wi-Fi, so full-quality photos, videos, folders and text land on your computer without any cloud upload. Nothing to install on the phone, no account, and it is free on your own network.
The old ways
Why not just use iCloud, a cable or email?
Each of the usual routes off an iPhone costs you time, quality or privacy. Sending files from iPhone to PC should cost none of them.
- AirDrop is Apple only: it never worked between an iPhone and a Windows PC, which is why people land here in the first place.
- iCloud and Google Drive re-upload every file to a server, then re-download it: slow, uses your data plan, and your files sit on someone else's cloud.
- Email and chat apps silently compress photos and videos, so the copy on your PC is lower quality than the original.
- Cables mean iTunes, drivers and format headaches, and they do not work for quick one-off shares.
- Flitdrop skips all of that: files go straight from the iPhone to the PC, at full quality, over your local Wi-Fi.
Getting started
How it works, step by step
Set it up once on the PC, then send from the iPhone whenever you like. There is nothing to install on the phone.
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Install on the PC
Install the free Flitdrop app on your Windows PC (it also runs on Mac and Linux) and let it auto-update.
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Scan the QR code once
Scan the QR code once with your iPhone to pair the two devices on the same Wi-Fi. The phone just opens a lightweight web app in the browser, with nothing to install.
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Pick and send
Pick your photos, videos, files or a whole folder and send: they transfer directly, device to device, and arrive on your PC at original quality with no server in the middle.
Everything it moves
What you can send, and why it stays private
More than photos, and never through a server. Everything crosses your own Wi-Fi, encrypted end to end.
- Full-quality photos and videos, individual files, and entire folders in one go.
- Two way clipboard sync: copy a link or text on the iPhone and paste it on the PC, or the other way around.
- Every transfer is end to end encrypted and peer to peer, so nothing is ever stored on a server.
- No account and no sign up: pair, send, done.
- It is a genuine cross-platform AirDrop alternative that also covers Android and Samsung, not just iPhone.
In real life
Perfect for these everyday moments
Whenever you need to send files from iPhone to PC without the wait, the cable or the compression.
- Dump a whole trip's worth of iPhone photos onto a Windows laptop without touching iCloud storage limits.
- Move a heavy 4K video to your PC for editing without waiting on an upload and download.
- Send a PDF or contract from your phone to your desktop right before a meeting.
- Push a batch of files to a PC that has no Apple account signed in at all.
- Share the same way in reverse and between any devices you own: PC, Mac, Linux, Android.
Ready to send your first file from iPhone to PC?
Install Flitdrop on your computer, keep the iPhone as it is, and share within the minute.
See how Flitdrop works
Good to know
iPhone to PC transfer, answered
Can you AirDrop from an iPhone to a Windows PC?
No. AirDrop is an Apple-only feature and does not exist on Windows. Flitdrop gives you the same one gesture, full-quality transfer between an iPhone and a Windows PC over your local Wi-Fi.
How do I send files from my iPhone to my PC without a cable?
Install Flitdrop on the PC, scan the QR code once with your iPhone to pair them on the same Wi-Fi, then pick your files and send. They arrive directly on the PC, no cable and no cloud.
Do I have to install an app on my iPhone?
No. Only the PC needs the Flitdrop app. On the iPhone you just scan a QR code and use a lightweight web app in your browser, so there is nothing to download from the App Store.
Does it upload my photos to the cloud or lower their quality?
Neither. Flitdrop sends files directly from device to device over your Wi-Fi, so nothing goes to a server and photos and videos keep their original full quality.
Is Flitdrop free, and do I need an account?
It is free for transfers on your own network and needs no account or sign up. Because transfers are peer to peer with no server, there is no subscription for local sharing.
Can I also send files back from PC to iPhone, or to Android?
Yes. Flitdrop works both ways and between any combination of devices, including PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and Samsung, plus two way clipboard sync.