Sharing a file with a single contact

A computing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to:
• render a file sharing graphical user interface associated with a content management system communicatively coupled to the computing device, wherein a user associated with the computing device has an account with the content management system;
• detect a click and drag of a file icon associated with a file within a file listing section of the file sharing graphical user interface, the file listing section displaying one or more file icons at a first location within the file sharing graphical user interface;
• in response to the click and drag of the file icon, render a contact section at the first location within the file sharing graphical user interface to replace the file listing section displaying the one or more file icons of the file sharing graphical user interlace;
• determine that the file icon is released within the contact section on a contact icon corresponding to a contact of the user;
• and
• in response to determining that the file icon is released on the contact icon, provide a user identifier associated with the contact to the content management system over a network to cause the content management system to share the file with the contact of the user.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• render a file sharing graphical user interface associated with a content management system communicatively coupled to the computing device, wherein a user associated with the computing device has an account with the content management system;
• detect a click and drag of a file icon associated with a file within a file listing section of the file sharing graphical user interface, the file listing section displaying one or more file icons at a first location within the file sharing graphical user interface;
• in response to the click and drag of the file icon, render a contact section at the first location within the file sharing graphical user interface to replace the file listing section displaying the one or more file icons of the file sharing graphical user interface;
• determine that the file icon is released within the contact section on a contact icon corresponding to a contact of the user;
• and
• in response to determining that the file icon is released on the contact icon, provide a user identifier associated with the contact to the content management system over a network to cause the content management system to share the file with the contact of the user.