How to Edit a Short Link After You've Shared It
· Features · 5 min read
Made a typo or need to point a short link somewhere new? Learn how to edit a short link's destination, password, and expiry after it's already been shared — without changing the URL.
You shortened a link, shared it in an email blast, printed it on a flyer, and then realised the destination was wrong — or the campaign moved to a new landing page. With most basic shorteners, that link is now dead weight. With Alias, you can edit where it points without changing the short URL itself.
Why Editable Links Matter
A short link is a promise you've already made to everyone you shared it with. If the underlying URL can never change, a single mistake means reprinting materials, resending emails, or losing every visitor who clicks the old link. Editable short links decouple the address you share from the destination it points to, so the link stays valid even when the target moves.
What You Can Change After Creation
- Destination URL: Point the same short link at a new page. Everyone who clicks — including people who saved the link days ago — lands on the updated target.
- Password protection: Add a password to a link that didn't have one, change an existing password, or remove protection entirely.
- Expiry date: Extend a campaign that's doing well, set an expiry on a link that never had one, or remove the expiry to make a link permanent.
How to Edit a Link in Your Dashboard
- Open your Alias dashboard and find the link you want to change.
- Click the edit (pencil) icon on the link card to open the edit dialog.
- Update the destination URL, password, or expiry — change only the fields you need.
- Save. The change takes effect immediately for every future click.
The short URL and its click history stay exactly the same. You keep all the analytics you've gathered so far, and the link you shared everywhere keeps working.
What You Can't Change (and Why)
The slug — the part after the domain, like alias.live/summer-sale — is fixed once a link is created. That's deliberate: the slug is the identity of the link. Changing it would break every copy that's already out in the world, which is exactly the problem editable destinations are meant to solve. If you need a different slug, create a new link.
A Safer Way to Screen New Destinations
When you point a link at a new URL, Alias re-screens the destination for safety — the same check that runs when you first create a link. That prevents a clean, trusted short link from being quietly repointed at something malicious, which protects both you and everyone who clicks.