Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
☝️ Sharing a link seems simple, but some methods create long, broken, or trackable URLs. I'll show you how to copy clean links, strip out tracking codes, shorten long URLs, link to a highlight or video moment, and check that the link will work.
☝️ Sharing links
Basic sharing: copy the link in your browser’s address bar.
You can often, though not always, remove everything after the first “?” from a link.
Copy links by right-clicking and “Copy link” or equivalent.
Click through and copy the link of the actual page you land on.
Test your links in an Incognito window before sharing.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: askleo.com/195019
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Chapters
0:00 Sharing Links
1:14 Link? What’s a link?
2:22 Basic link sharing
3:00 Making sure the link works
4:04 Removing URL parameters … sometimes
6:51 Why does length matter so much?
8:26 Copy the URL, not the text
9:57 Don’t copy links from search results (and some email)
13:00 Copy link to highlight
15:18 Shorten long URLs
17:00 Check public access before sharing
18:47 Share a link to a specific spot in a YouTube video
20:33 QR code
21:56 Ask Leo! only
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☝️ Sharing a link seems simple, but some methods create long, broken, or trackable URLs. I'll show you how to copy clean links, strip out tracking codes, shorten long URLs, link to a highlight or video moment, and check that the link will work.
☝️ Sharing links
Basic sharing: copy the link in your browser’s address bar.
You can often, though not always, remove everything after the first “?” from a link.
Copy links by right-clicking and “Copy link” or equivalent.
Click through and copy the link of the actual page you land on.
Test your links in an Incognito window before sharing.
Updates, related links, and more discussion: askleo.com/195019
🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: go.askleo.com/ytsub
✅ Watch next ▶ The Biggest Risk to Your Privacy Revealed ▶ youtu.be/Bu9X0wOnC10
Chapters
0:00 Sharing Links
1:14 Link? What’s a link?
2:22 Basic link sharing
3:00 Making sure the link works
4:04 Removing URL parameters … sometimes
6:51 Why does length matter so much?
8:26 Copy the URL, not the text
9:57 Don’t copy links from search results (and some email)
13:00 Copy link to highlight
15:18 Shorten long URLs
17:00 Check public access before sharing
18:47 Share a link to a specific spot in a YouTube video
20:33 QR code
21:56 Ask Leo! only
❤️ My best articles: go.askleo.com/best
❤️ My Most Important Article: go.askleo.com/number1
More Ask Leo!
☑️ askleo.com to get your questions answered
☑️ newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter.
☑️ askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo!
☑️ askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo for even more!
#askleo #link #url
