---
title: "How to Copy and Open a Short Link in Short URL Online"
description: "Learn the ways to copy a short link to the clipboard and open it in Short URL Online: from the Link column of Short URL Management, from the Short URL dialog and from the Short URL web part."
url: https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10478
language: en
published: 2026-11-02
modified: 2026-11-07
products:
  - "Short URL Online"
author: "Līga Ozola"
tags: ["copy short link", "copy to clipboard", "open short link", "Short URL Management Link column", "Short URL dialog", "Shortened URL", "share short link", "SharePoint short link", "Copied message", "Vitextra Short URL Online"]
---

# How to Copy and Open a Short Link in Short URL Online

Learn the ways to copy a short link to the clipboard and open it in Short URL Online: from the Link column of Short URL Management, from the Short URL dialog and from the Short URL web part.

## Introduction

A short link is useful only when it reaches the people you want to share it with. Short URL Online lets you copy a link with one click everywhere it is displayed, and open it in a new browser tab to check where it leads. This article describes the three places where you can do this.

## In the Short URL Management list

In the **Link** column, each row shows the complete short link.

- Click the link text to open the short link in a new browser tab.
- Click the copy icon (**Copy to Clipboard**) next to the link. The icon briefly changes to a check mark, which confirms that the link is in the clipboard.

![Copying a link from the list](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10478/copy-from-list-en.png)
*Copying a link from the list*

📝 **Note**  
If the link text is too long for the column, it is truncated with an ellipsis. Hover over it to see the full link in a tooltip, or widen the column by dragging the edge of its header.

## In the Short URL dialog (documents and folders)

After you click **Short URL** on the command bar of a ::document library::, the dialog shows the **URL** field with the full link and a copy icon. Click the icon: the word **Copied** appears briefly next to it. The **Link URL** below shows the address that the short link leads to; click it to open the target in a new tab.

For the full procedure, see [KB10471. How to Create a Short Link for a Document or Folder in SharePoint Online](https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10471).

## In the Short URL web part

When a link is created or updated in the **Short URL** ::web part::, the **Shortened URL** field shows the new link with a copy icon. Click the icon to copy the link; the word **Copied** appears for a moment. Click the link to open it in a new tab.

For details, see [KB10475. How to Add the Short URL Web Part to a Page](https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10475).

## What gets copied

The copy button copies the complete short link: the domain followed by the short name, for example `https://sppro.org/price-list`. It does not copy the title or the target address.

## Check that a link works

Open the short link in a new tab and make sure it leads to the expected page. If the link is for a ::SharePoint:: document, the person who opens it must have access to that document in SharePoint.

💡 **Tip**  
If you have just changed the short name or the domain of a link, copy the link again from the ::list::. The link that you copied earlier no longer matches the edited link.