# When sharing with a link address, make sure that only the link address appears

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-sharing-with-a-link-address-make-sure-that-only-the-link-address-appears/23204>\
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**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-sharing-with-a-link-address-make-sure-that-only-the-link-address-appears/23204 "2021-02-22T01:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_ffwpu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/_ffwpu/32/16380_2.png) [@\_ffwpu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_ffwpu)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-sharing-with-a-link-address-make-sure-that-only-the-link-address-appears/23204/1 "2021-02-22T01:01:13Z")

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Is there a way to use the “Show sharing options” component to display the text after the link address just as a link address when sharing a post on SNS?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-sharing-with-a-link-address-make-sure-that-only-the-link-address-appears/23204/2 "2021-02-22T01:52:49Z")

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No, because the deep link is a part of the text you’re sharing. Unless you find a way to shorten the deep link using an external service, it will be long like that.

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**Author:** ![\_ffwpu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/_ffwpu/32/16380_2.png) [@\_ffwpu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/_ffwpu)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-sharing-with-a-link-address-make-sure-that-only-the-link-address-appears/23204/3 "2021-02-22T02:14:54Z")

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Oh, sorry. It is called a deep link. Shouldn’t we reduce the amount of text if it is part of the text?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-sharing-with-a-link-address-make-sure-that-only-the-link-address-appears/23204/4 "2021-02-22T02:18:49Z")

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A deep link contains various types of information in there. There’s no way to natively shorten it. You would have to get an external service, let’s say Rebrandly, to do that.

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**Author:** ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/when-sharing-with-a-link-address-make-sure-that-only-the-link-address-appears/23204/5 "2021-02-22T06:16:53Z")

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I use bitly to shorten my deep links.