What is the most secure way to share a password?

For a one-off hand-off, a one-time link that is encrypted in your browser and burns after the first view. For a credential a group keeps using, a shared vault in a password manager. Email, chat and SMS keep copies, so they are the wrong channel for either.

Can I share a password securely without the recipient having an account?

Yes. The recipient opens the link in any browser and reads the password. No account, app or plugin is needed on their side.

How do I know the right person opened it?

Ask them to confirm, or use a Pro workspace, where the audit timeline records each view with the time, the country the edge reports and a daily-salted hash of the address. If the link burns before your recipient opens it, treat the password as exposed and change it.

Does the password sit on your servers in the clear?

No. Your browser sends ciphertext only, and the decryption key stays in the link fragment. Secrets created before 29 September 2026 were stored as plaintext until they expired; everything since is encrypted before it is sent.

Share a password securely

Put the password in a link that opens once, so there is no copy left to leak.

No account needed. Free forever plan.

How it works

01
Paste a password, a key, or a file

Encrypted in your browser before anything is sent. Burn after read is on for every anonymous secret.
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Send the link

One URL. The key after the # stays in the browser and never reaches our servers.
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The stored secret is gone

The first open burns the ciphertext. A second visit, by anyone, meets the destroyed page.

Browser-side encryption shipped on 29 September 2026. Secrets created before that date were stored as plaintext until they expired, and a file's name, size and type are still visible to us. Read the full security model.

The secure way to share passwords: one link, one view

Sharing a password means handing a copy to someone else and trusting every place that copy lands. A one-time link removes the copy once it has been read. Paste the password above, send the link, and the recipient's first reveal destroys the stored ciphertext. Anyone who finds the link afterwards, in a thread or an old email, sees a burned notice.

The encryption happens on your device with AES-GCM-256. The key sits after the # in the link, a part of a URL that browsers keep to themselves, so LinkPilot never has what it would need to read the password.

How to share a password securely with a coworker, a client or a contractor

Send the link in whatever channel you already use. Then tell the person to open it now and store the password in their own password manager, because the link will not work twice. If you want the link itself to be useless on its own, a Pro workspace lets you add a passphrase that you share by a different route, such as a phone call.

New hire: a starter login that they change on first sign-in.
Client: the admin password for a site you just built, sent once, then rotated by them.
Contractor: a temporary database or VPN credential with a short expiry.

When a password manager is the better tool

If the same people need the same password for months, put it in a shared vault and manage access there. A one-time link is for the hand-off: the moment a credential has to cross from your hands to someone else's. The two work together, and the secure password sharing guide compares the five common methods side by side.

Frequently asked questions

Pro, $29 a month, adds a passphrase on every secret, a custom expiry date and time, and the audit timeline that records each view, burn and revoke. See plans.

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