How Fliko works: sharing a file that deletes itself

Fliko does one thing, and tries to do it well: it lets you share a file that does not stick around.

No drawers, no permanent copies, no "let me just save this." You send it, the other person sees it, and then it is gone. Here is the whole flow, start to finish.

Step 1: Pick what you want to send

Open Fliko and choose a file. A photo, a video, a voice note, a PDF, the kinds of things people actually share day to day.

You can start right from your browser at fliko.in without installing anything. The browser is meant for quick, smaller shares. For bigger files and longer timers, the app gives you more room. Either way, the file is encrypted on your device before it goes anywhere, so the readable version never leaves your hands.

Step 2: Choose how it should behave

Before you send, you decide the rules.

Pick a self-destruct timer, a short window that fits how sensitive the file is. Choose whether it is a public share that the person can open in any browser, or a secure, view-only share that opens inside a locked viewer with no download. If it is a normal share, you can decide whether downloading or printing is even allowed. These are not buried settings. They are the main thing you set, because they are the whole point.

Step 3: Share a link, a QR code, or a short code

Once it is ready, Fliko gives you a few ways to hand it over.

Send the link directly. Let the person scan a QR code if they are sitting next to you. Or read out a short six-digit code that they type in to open it. The person receiving it does not need the app and does not need an account. They open it in any browser, see what you sent, and that is it. Only the sender needs Fliko.

Step 4: The timer does the cleanup

The clock starts when the file is first opened, not when you send it. So nothing burns before the right person has actually seen it.

When the time is up, the share stops working. The link goes dead, the view closes, and the encrypted file is removed from our storage and cleared from backups on the next cycle. There is no recovery afterwards, not even for us. You did not have to remember to delete anything. It cleaned up after itself.

What if you change your mind early

You are never locked in until the timer ends. You can revoke any share from your phone at once, and it stops working immediately, wherever it was sent. If you sent the wrong thing, or to the wrong person, you are not stuck waiting for the clock.

Browser or app: which to use

Use the browser for quick, everyday shares when you are at a desk or on someone else's device. Use the app when you want bigger files, longer timers, view-only secure mode, and a record of what you have shared. The app is also where the stronger screenshot defenses live, which we cover in detail in what it really means when a shared file self-destructs.

Why bother, instead of just sending it normally

Because the normal way leaves copies everywhere. A file on chat sits in the other person's gallery and their cloud backup. A photocopy sits in a shop's drawer. Those copies are exactly how information leaks, something we walk through in how document leaks really happen in India.

Fliko is the opposite of that. It is built so the file disappears on purpose. You share what you need to share, and you do not spend the next year wondering where a copy of it ended up.