---
title: "Create a Short URL for a SharePoint Page"
description: "How to create a shortened link to a SharePoint page with the Vitextra Short URL add-on — set the custom URL, expiration date, and owner."
url: https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10032
language: en
published: 2021-09-23
modified: 2026-10-10
products:
  - "Short URL"
author: "Lidija Reising"
tags: ["Vitextra Short URL", "SharePoint short link", "shorten SharePoint URL", "create short URL SharePoint", "SharePoint URL shortener", "custom short link", "Site Actions Create Short URL", "permanent short URL"]
---

# Create a Short URL for a SharePoint Page

How to create a shortened link to a SharePoint page with the Vitextra Short URL add-on — set the custom URL, expiration date, and owner.

This article describes how to create a shortened link to a SharePoint page with the Vitextra Short URL add-on.

## Introduction

[Vitextra Short URL](https://vitextra.com/en/products/short-url) lets you create and use shortened URLs for any content within SharePoint, as well as for external content.

For example, the following link to a folder in a SharePoint document library:

https://portal.vitextra.com/Products/OnPrem/Shared%20Document/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2FShared%20Documents%2FSales%20Literature&FolderCTID=0x012000ECFC18C12C0E514D97CB9F8300A32525&View=%7BC25AA6EC-0806-4A71-86FB-2B9583C2A208%7D

can be shortened to:

https://portal.vitextra.com/salesdocs

## Create Short URL

To create a new short URL for the current page, go to **Site Actions** and click **Create Short URL**:

![SharePoint Site Actions Menu](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10032/site-settings.png)
*SharePoint Site Actions Menu*

After you select **Create Short URL**, the Short URL dialog opens, where you can edit the URL's properties if needed.

![New Short URL dialog](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10032/new-short-url-dialog.png)
*New Short URL dialog*

📝 **Note**  
Vitextra Short URL automatically creates a new shortened hyperlink if there isn't already an active one for the current page.

### Change URL

In the Short URL dialog, you can change the URL and other properties, such as the expiration date and owner.

❗ **Important**  
The **Short URL** must not contain special characters such as **?**, **#**, **/**, or **&**.

For each short URL, you can configure the following settings:

- **Expires** — the date after which the URL stops working.
- **Owner** — the person who owns the URL and can be contacted for suggestions and feedback.

💡 **Tip**  
Leave the **Expires** field empty for a permanent short URL.