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Paperlink stores your documents in a central Shared Documents library. Once a file is there, you can share it through a secure link, track who views it, and manage it alongside your other files. This page walks you through uploading a document and explains what you can do with it afterward.

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Upload a document

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Open Shared Documents

Go to Shared Documents in the left sidebar.
2

Click Add Document

Click Add Document in the top-right corner of the page.
3

Select Upload File

Choose Upload File from the menu that appears.
4

Upload your file

Drag and drop your PDF into the upload zone, or click inside the zone to browse your computer and select a file.
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Wait for the upload to finish

Paperlink processes the file and redirects you to the document page when the upload is complete.

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What happens after upload

Once your document is in the library, Paperlink gives you several tools to work with it. Preview the document directly in your browser without downloading it. The built-in viewer renders your PDF page by page so you can confirm the file looks correct before sharing it. Create a sharing link to send the document to clients or stakeholders. Each link can have its own access controls - password protection, email verification, NDA requirement, or an expiration date - so you decide exactly who can view it and for how long. See Create a Sharing Link for the full walkthrough. Track analytics on every link you create. Paperlink records who opened the link, how long they spent on each page, which pages they visited, and whether they downloaded the file. All of that data lives in the document’s analytics tab. See Viewer Analytics for details on what each metric means. Rename or archive the document using its context menu. Renaming updates the display name across your library and links list. Archiving removes the document from the active view while preserving all links, analytics, and file data - nothing is permanently deleted.

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Import from a URL

In addition to uploading files from your computer, you can import a document by pasting a URL. Paperlink fetches the content and converts it into a PDF in your library. This is useful for sharing Claude artifacts, Markdown files, or any web page as a document. To import from a URL, click Add Document and select Import from URL instead of Upload File.
Paperlink currently supports PDF files for upload. The Import from URL feature converts web content to PDF automatically.

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Organize with folders

If you have many documents, use folders to keep them organized. Folders can be nested up to 10 levels deep and shared through a single link - making them ideal for data rooms, client packages, and project deliverables. To create a folder, click New Folder from the Shared Documents view. Once the folder exists, move documents into it or upload new files directly inside it.
Uploading documents into a folder before creating a sharing link means the link will share the entire folder contents. This is the foundation of a data room. See Set Up a Data Room for the full setup guide.

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Next steps

Create a sharing link

Generate a secure URL for your document with access controls and viewer permissions

Set up a data room

Organize multiple documents in folders and share them through one link

Viewer analytics

See who viewed your document, which pages they read, and how long they spent

Custom domains

Share documents from your own domain instead of the Paperlink default URL