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ProductJuly 30, 2026 · 4 min read
Why the best share links expire
Permanence feels generous and ages badly. The case for portals with a timer — and when to keep one forever.
A share link is a promise: “this is the current thing.” The longer it lives, the less true that promise becomes. Stale links are how the wrong asset ships and how storage bills quietly balloon.
Expiry as a feature
Nexports portals come with a lifespan — 12 hours on Free, 7-day and 30-day on Lite, and permanent only when you deliberately choose Pro. When a link is temporary by default, what’s shared is always fresh, and privacy is the default rather than an afterthought.
- Free & Lite portals clean themselves up, so nothing lingers unseen.
- A live countdown makes the deadline obvious to whoever opens it.
- Need it forever? Pro portals never expire — an explicit choice, not an accident.
Defaults are decisions you make for your future self. A link that expires is a link you never have to remember to delete.
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