diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Activity/Provider.php b/apps/files/lib/Activity/Provider.php
index 5c57433793386..7fd97c7cd4c2b 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Activity/Provider.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Activity/Provider.php
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ public function parseLongVersion(IEvent $event, ?IEvent $previousEvent = null) {
 			}
 			$this->setIcon($event, 'add-color');
 		} elseif ($event->getSubject() === 'created_public') {
+			$event->setType('public_links_upload');
 			$subject = $this->l->t('{file} was created in a public folder');
 			$this->setIcon($event, 'add-color');
 		} elseif ($event->getSubject() === 'changed_self') {
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/lib/Activity/Settings/PublicLinksUpload.php b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Activity/Settings/PublicLinksUpload.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4b892dad5ad21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/lib/Activity/Settings/PublicLinksUpload.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCA\Files_Sharing\Activity\Settings;
+
+class PublicLinksUpload extends ShareActivitySettings {
+	/**
+	 * @return string Lowercase a-z and underscore only identifier
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getIdentifier() {
+		return 'public_links_upload';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string A translated string
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getName() {
+		return $this->l->t('Files have been <strong>uploaded</strong> to a folder shared by mail or by public link');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return int whether the filter should be rather on the top or bottom of
+	 * the admin section. The filters are arranged in ascending order of the
+	 * priority values. It is required to return a value between 0 and 100.
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getPriority() {
+		return 20;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return bool True when the option can be changed for the stream
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function canChangeStream() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return bool True when the option can be changed for the stream
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function isDefaultEnabledStream() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return bool True when the option can be changed for the mail
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function canChangeMail() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return bool True when the option can be changed for the stream
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function isDefaultEnabledMail() {
+		return false;
+	}
+}