Free URL shortener

Paste a long URL and get a short linkthe.app/go/ link in one click. No account, no email, no waiting.

No account needed to try. Sign up to track clicks and keep your links.

Why short links beat raw URLs on social

They survive being spoken and typed. A six-character code can be read out on a podcast or typed off a poster. A URL with three query parameters cannot.
They stay tidy in captions and bios. Long tracking URLs get truncated, wrapped or stripped, and they look like spam next to your copy.
You can change the destination later. This is the real advantage. The printed code stays the same while the page it points at can move, which is the difference between reprinting a flyer and editing one field.
You find out whether it worked. A raw URL tells you nothing. A tracked short link tells you how many people clicked and when.

The tool above is anonymous, so there is nowhere to report clicks back to. A free account keeps your links in one place and counts every one.

See how many people clicked, when, and from where — so you can tell which post, story or flyer actually worked.

Set a link to stop working after a launch window or an event, instead of leaving a dead promotion live forever.

Tag campaigns properly so your traffic lands in the right place in Google Analytics instead of the referral bucket.

Free plan includes 10 tracked short links. Compare plans

No. Paste a URL and get a linkthe.app/go/ short link straight away, with no signup.

Click tracking, expiry dates, UTM parameters, the ability to enable or disable a link, and QR codes for any of your links.See short link features

Six characters, giving links in the form linkthe.app/go/XXXXXX.

Yes, from your dashboard — which is exactly why short links are worth using in printed material and campaigns.

The anonymous tool is rate limited to prevent abuse. Signed-in plans have explicit short link allowances, starting at 10 on the free plan.