Paste a short link above to see where it really goes, without visiting it yourself.
A short link like bit.ly/3xYz hides its destination completely. You can't tell whether it leads to a news story, a shop, a sign-in page or something you'd rather not open. Link Unmasker follows it for you, one step at a time, and shows the page it finally lands on.
It works with every link shortener, including Bitly, TinyURL, t.co from X, ow.ly, buff.ly, Rebrandly, Cuttly, is.gd, lnkd.in from LinkedIn, amzn.to from Amazon and youtu.be from YouTube.
Short links often pass through more than one service. A post on social media might go through a shortener, then a marketing tool, then an ad or affiliate network before reaching the page. You'll see each stop, who runs it, and any tracking codes or cookies it adds.
The shortening service normally counts every click on its links, and it can see where clicks come from. Here, the link is followed from our server, so the shortener sees our visit, not yours.
You also get a clean copy of the final address with the tracking codes removed, so you can open or share the page directly and skip the detour.
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What this can't do
- It can't tell you a site is safe. It shows where a link goes, not whether the page there is honest. Check the final address yourself, letter by letter.
- Some redirects need a full browser. Pages that run a lot of code before moving you on, or that ask you to click a button, stop the trail there. We show the page we reached.
- Some sites block automated visits. They may show a "checking your browser" page or an error instead of what you'd see.
- Links that need you to be logged in end at a sign-in page here, because we never use your accounts.
- It doesn't see tracking inside the final page, such as analytics scripts and ad pixels. Only the redirects, address codes and cookies on the way.