How to change who can send you files with Quick Share on a OnePlus

Device

Android

Shown on

OnePlus Nord 5 (CPH2709), OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Google › Quick Share

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Search for Quick Share

   It is under Google.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Who can share with you

   Ours said No one.

   Done

3. 

   Turn on visibility

   Turn on Visible to nearby devices. Ours said: No one can share with you until you make yourself visible.

   Done

4. 

   Choose who

   Ours turned on with Your devices picked. Contacts, Everyone and Everyone for 10 minutes are below.

   Done

5. 

   Turn it off again

   Switch Visible to nearby devices off. Nobody can share with you until you turn it back on.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• No Google row? Search Settings for Quick Share, as we did.
• Contacts asks to send your contacts to Google? Ours asked to Send device contacts to Google before Contacts would work. We tapped No, thanks, so we used Your devices.

  

If this does not work

• Your phone is not found? Pick Everyone for 10 minutes while you receive. Source: Use Quick Share on your Android device
• Still not found? Google says Bluetooth and location need to be on, on both phones. Source: Use Quick Share on your Android device

About this guide

Quick Share sends files between nearby Android phones. By default nobody can send you files until you make yourself visible.

The screenshots are from our OnePlus Nord 5 with OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201 and Android 16, in Dark mode. Ours said No one. We blurred the account and device name, and changed nothing.

Good to know

Share a Wi-Fi password on a OnePlus.

In short: Settings, Google, Quick Share, Who can share with you.