# Drop from your phone to your computer
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/more/mobile-drop-to-computer

Hold a photo, video or file in the phone app and slide it off the side of the screen; it comes in from that side on your computer and lands on the drop shelf.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

Send a photo, video or file from your phone to your computer by sliding it
off the side of the phone's screen, toward where your computer is. It comes
in from that side on your computer's screen and lands on the drop shelf,
saved in Downloads.

## Using it [#using-it]

* On your phone, open **Drop to your computer** from your profile, or search
  "drop" or "send". Your newest photos and videos are listed; the **+**
  button adds any photo or file.
* Hold one until it lifts, then slide it off the side of the screen your
  computer is on. Phone on the right of your laptop: slide it left.
* On your computer it comes in from that side, at the height it left your
  phone, waits there while it uploads, then flies into the drop shelf. From
  there, drag it anywhere, or upload it to a track.
* A check on the photo means it arrived. Each file is saved in Downloads,
  never over a file that is already there.
* Your computer only has to be on with Aden open, signed in to the same
  account. It can be locked.

## Turning it off [#turning-it-off]

On your computer, search "phone access" with ⌘K, or turn off **Phone
access** in the Inbox settings in Links. That also stops your phone from
playing audio on your computer and reaching chats from other apps.