Your first link

You go from a long web address to a short link you can share, with its QR code and first visits, in about two minutes.

1. Open your workspace

Go to /workspace. With no workspace yet, one is made for you, and you can rename it in Settings › General. With one, you land straight on its Links page; with several, pick one from the list (the switcher at the top of the sidebar moves between them later).

Pasting a long URL into Shorten on the home page brings you here with Create link already filled in.

2. Create the link

1. Press Create link, press c, or paste a URL anywhere on the Links page.
2. Type or paste the long address into Destination URL. You can leave out https://.
3. Short link comes filled with a random path. Keep it, press the refresh icon for another, or type your own (lowercase letters, numbers and dashes, up to 64 characters). A check shows it's free.
4. Press Create link, or Ctrl or Cmd + Enter.

Your link is ready shows the short URL. Press Esc to close, or Create another to keep going. If you close before creating, the builder remembers what you typed.

Redirect suits most links. For the other types, see .

3. Share it

• Copy URL puts the short link on your clipboard.
• QR code shows a code you can scan or Download PNG. See .
• Open public link opens it in a new tab so you can check where it goes.

4. Read the first visits

Open the link from the list to reach its Link dashboard. Visits per hour, last 24 hours fills in as people click, and Recent visits lists each one with its country, device, browser and referrer. See .

FAQ

Why does my short path say it's already used?

Short paths are unique per domain. Pick another path, or another domain.

Can I change the destination later?

Yes. Open the link and use the Destination tab. The short URL stays the same.