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[[!meta title="Sharing files, websites, and chat rooms using OnionShare"]]
[*OnionShare*](https://onionshare.org/) allows you to create secure, anonymous, and disposable services that other people can connect to.
To start *OnionShare*, choose **Applications** ▸ **Internet** ▸ **OnionShare**.
From the welcome screen of *OnionShare*, you can choose between 4 different services:
- Share files
- Receive files
- Host a website
- Chat anonymously
[[!img services.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt=""]]
All these services are provided as Tor onion services and are only available through the Tor network. You can share the address of these onion services with other people to create temporary and anonymous communication channels.
People who know their onion addresses can connect to these services from *Tor Browser*, either in Tails or outside of Tails.
<div class="tip">
<p>Unlike most Internet services, people using your <i>OnionShare</i> services
connect directly to your Tails over the Tor network. Your data is never shared
with or stored on any third-party server. Your Tails becomes a temporary and
anonymous server.</p>
</div>
These services become unavailable as soon as you close *OnionShare* or shut down Tails.
Sharing files
With the Share service of *OnionShare*:
- You select in *OnionShare* some files from your Tails that you want to share.
People with the onion address can download these files from their *Tor Browser*.
[[!img share.png class="screenshot" alt="" size="719x"]]
<div class="note">
<p>Since Tails 6.0 (February 2024), the shortcut the share files via
<i>OnionShare</i> directly from the <i>Files</i> browser is not available
anymore.</p>
Receiving files
With the Receive service of *OnionShare*:

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