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How to cloak short links or hide and mask URLs from visitors

With link cloaking feature enabled, visitors who browse your links will see the short URLs instead of the long ones in the browser address bar.

Note

Link cloaking is available starting from the Pro plan.

  1. Sign in to your Short.io account.

  2. Navigate to the Branded links and click on to edit a link:

    Dashboard branded links list with edit pencil icon highlighted

  3. In the next screen open the Link Cloaking section and toggle Cloaking enabled:

    Link cloaking settings with cloaking enabled toggle and Save button

  4. Click on Save.

Hereafter, the original URL is hidden and your customers will see only the short URL in their browser's address bar.

  1. Sign in to your Short.io account.

  2. Shorten a link.

  3. In the next dialog click on :

    Link created dialog with Link cloaking icon highlighted

  4. Proceed as in point 3) of the above To cloak existing links steps.