How to change a short link’s destination after sharing it

You can change where a Links short link sends visitors and keep the address you already shared. That helps when registration moves, a document is replaced or a campaign ends. Edit the existing link’s destination. If you create a new link instead, you get a new address, and the copies people already have won’t change.

Keep two things apart: the public short link, such as an address on reunified.link, and the destination it opens. The short link’s code never changes. The destination can be edited at any time. Here’s how to change it without losing track of what your audience sees.

Check which address people already have

Find the short link in the original post, email, profile or printed material. Compare it with the link in your Links account. Two links with similar titles can still be different, so compare the full short link, including its code.

If people got the destination’s own address instead of the short link, editing the link in Links won’t change that address. You’ll need to update the original post or set up a redirect on the destination website. For printed material, first check whether its QR code contains the short link or the final page address. The QR destination guide explains the difference.

Prepare the replacement before saving

Open the new destination directly. Check that it shows the right content when you’re not signed in. Try what visitors need to do there: read the document, find opening hours or register. A page that loads but hides the content behind an unexpected login is still a dead end.

Copy the full address from that checked page. Keep any campaign parameters you added on purpose, and remove anything tied to your own session. Write down the old destination and the date of the change in your own notes, so you can switch back if needed: Links doesn’t keep a history of past destinations. If several people look after the campaign, agree who makes future changes.

Edit the existing link in Links

1. Open the Links app and choose the list that holds the shared link: Your links, or one of your identities.
2. Open the link and check its short link again.
3. Press Edit main destination, or Edit link to change the title and destination together.
4. Enter the new destination and save.
5. Open the same short link to check the result.

You can also change the title to make the link easier to find. Changing the title doesn’t change the short link. If you can’t edit the link, check that you’re in the right list and that you have permission to manage it. Don’t delete the link and create a new one to get around an access problem: deleting can’t be undone, and the old short link stops working.

Review rules that override the main destination

Links checks rules from the top, and the first rule that matches decides where a visitor goes. Visitors who match no rule go to the main destination. So if a link has rules, changing only the main destination won’t change where everyone goes.

For example, a workshop link could send visitors whose browser is set to French to a French registration form, and everyone else to an English form. Replacing the English form leaves the French rule as it was. Check each rule’s destination and decide whether it needs updating too. Keep the rules in the order you want and test a few typical visitors. The country, language and device routing guide covers how to plan those paths.

Test the shared address and diagnose failures

Test the short link itself, not only the destination. After saving, open it in a new private window and look at the page you reach. If you still land on the old page, check the exact short code and any matching rules, and whether the destination website redirects again.

If the destination doesn’t work when you open it directly, fix that page or switch back to the old address you saved. If the short link says it’s unavailable, check your or your team’s credit balance: each counted click uses credits, and links pause when the balance runs out. See the current pricing for the cost per click. The same credits pay for other Reunified services, so check the balance before a campaign people rely on.

Keep the promise of the original link

Change destinations in ways that still make sense to someone reading the original label. After a workshop is over, a short note and the next date are more useful than an unrelated sales page. When the purpose changes, update the labels you can still edit.

Write down what changed, why and who tested it. If the new destination doesn’t work, edit the same link back to the old address you saved, and check its rules again. Links keeps the public address the same; the destination still needs your care.