diff --git a/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupArchiveFile.swift b/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupArchiveFile.swift
deleted file mode 100644
index de8dba5b..00000000
--- a/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupArchiveFile.swift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import CoreTransferable
-import UniformTypeIdentifiers
-
-/// A ready-on-disk backup archive shared through `ShareLink`. The export is
-/// built up-front (see `BackupModel.exportBackup`), so this just wraps the
-/// finished file — but wrapping it in an explicit `.zip` `FileRepresentation`,
-/// rather than sharing a bare `URL`, keeps the exported content type declared
-/// instead of inferred from the filename extension.
-///
-/// `suggestedFileName` is load-bearing: sharing a custom `Transferable` (rather
-/// than a bare `URL`) means many share targets ignore the file's on-disk name
-/// and synthesize one from the `SharePreview` title. Forwarding the archive's
-/// real name (`Where Backup <date> <time>.zip`, see `BackupService`) keeps the
-/// date/time stamp instead of a generic "Where Backup".
-struct BackupArchiveFile: Transferable {
-    let url: URL
-
-    static var transferRepresentation: some TransferRepresentation {
-        FileRepresentation(exportedContentType: .zip) { archive in
-            SentTransferredFile(archive.url)
-        }
-        .suggestedFileName { $0.url.lastPathComponent }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupSettingsSection.swift b/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupSettingsSection.swift
index caaef012..995bd340 100644
--- a/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupSettingsSection.swift
+++ b/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupSettingsSection.swift
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ struct BackupSettingsSection: View {
     let backup: BackupModel
 
     /// Backup export: the ready-to-share archive built up-front, revealed as a
-    /// `ShareLink` once the background export finishes.
+    /// second row once the background export finishes.
     @State private var exportedArchiveURL: URL?
+    @State private var presentedShareItem: BackupShareSheet.Item?
 
     // Backup import: the picked file and the merge/replace choice. The success
     // confirmation lives on `backup` (the model), so it survives this screen
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ struct BackupSettingsSection: View {
     var body: some View {
         @Bindable var backup = backup
         backupSection
+            .sheet(item: $presentedShareItem) { item in
+                BackupShareSheet(item: item)
+            }
             .fileImporter(
                 isPresented: $showImporter,
                 allowedContentTypes: [.zip],
@@ -101,10 +105,9 @@ struct BackupSettingsSection: View {
             .settingsRow(DataSettingsView.Item.exportBackup)
 
             if backup.backupState == .idle, let url = exportedArchiveURL {
-                ShareLink(
-                    item: BackupArchiveFile(url: url),
-                    preview: SharePreview(String(localized: .settingsBackupShareTitle)),
-                ) {
+                Button {
+                    presentedShareItem = BackupShareSheet.Item(url: url)
+                } label: {
                     Label(
                         String(localized: .settingsBackupShare),
                         systemImage: "square.and.arrow.up.on.square",
diff --git a/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupShareSheet.swift b/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupShareSheet.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e43ffc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Where/WhereUI/Sources/Settings/BackupShareSheet.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import SwiftUI
+import UIKit
+
+/// Presents the system activity sheet for a completed backup archive.
+///
+/// `ShareLink` does not present reliably for this file on a physical device,
+/// so the SwiftUI sheet owns UIKit's direct activity-controller bridge.
+struct BackupShareSheet: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
+    struct Item: Identifiable {
+        let url: URL
+
+        var id: URL {
+            url
+        }
+    }
+
+    let item: Item
+
+    func makeUIViewController(context _: Context) -> UIActivityViewController {
+        UIActivityViewController(activityItems: [item.url], applicationActivities: nil)
+    }
+
+    func updateUIViewController(
+        _: UIActivityViewController,
+        context _: Context,
+    ) {}
+}
+
+#if DEBUG
+    #Preview {
+        BackupShareSheet(
+            item: .init(url: URL(fileURLWithPath: "/tmp/Where Backup.zip")),
+        )
+    }
+#endif