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title: "Turn off, replace or email a share link"
description: "See every link to a document, copy it, show a QR code, email it to people, or turn it off so it stops working immediately. Turned-off links can't be revived."
url: https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/manage-share-links/
collection: "Sharing & delivery"
section: "Share links"
updated: 2026-10-18
publisher: "PDFBetter (AI Generated Inc.)"
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# Turn off, replace or email a share link

> Open **Done** → **Share**. Every link to the document is listed with its permission, expiry and views. Click **Turn off** to stop a link immediately, or **Email this link** to send it. To change a link's settings, create a new one and turn the old one off.

- Counts toward: Emails sent with documents

**Links to this document** (and **Hosted copies** on the **Hosted PDF** tab) list each link with its permission, **Password** and **No download** badges, the number of people it's limited to, its view count, and **Until …**, **No expiry**, **Expired** or **Turned off**.

## Turn a link off

1. **Open the link list**: In the editor, click **Done** → **Share**.
2. **Find the link**: Look under **Links to this document**, or **Hosted copies** on the **Hosted PDF** tab.
3. **Turn it off**: Click **Turn off**. The link stops working right away and shows **Turned off**.

People who open it afterwards see **This link was turned off**. A turned-off link can't be switched back on; create a new one if you need it again. Turning a link off also frees up a slot if your plan limits active links.

## Email a link

1. **Choose the link**: Next to the link, click **Email this link**.
2. **Add recipients**: Enter addresses in **To** and an optional **Message**.
3. **Send**: Click **Send**. Each recipient counts as one email toward your plan's emails sent with documents.

The email invites them to view, comment, fill or edit, depending on the link, and says when it expires. If the link has a password, the email says so but doesn't include it. Your confirmed email address is required to send.

| Per month | No account | Free | Pro | Business |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emails sent with documents | — | 10 | 500 | 5,000 |

"Unlimited" is subject to fair use; "—" means not included.

### A link says it can't be shown again.

Links made before a security key change keep working but can't be copied again. Create a new link to get a copyable one.

### Can I extend an expired link?

No. Create a new link with a later expiry.

### Where can I manage links for all documents?

[Link activity](https://pdfbetter.com/app/analytics/) lists every link with activity; **Manage link** opens that document's **Share** dialog.

## Related articles

- [Share a PDF with a link](https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/create-share-link.md): In the editor, click Done → Share, pick what people can do (Can view, Can comment, Can fill or Can edit), set expiry, password and download options, then click Create link and Copy link.
- [See who opened, downloaded or filled your shared links](https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/share-link-activity.md): Open Link activity in the sidebar. You'll see activity per day, Links by recent activity, form responses and Recent events (viewed, downloaded, commented, filled in, wrong password, opened after expiry). Your plan keeps activity for 14 days on Free.
- [Email a PDF to someone from PDFBetter](https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/email-pdf-from-pdfbetter.md): Click Done → Share, open the Email PDF tab, enter up to 10 addresses in To, add a subject and message if you like, and click Send PDF. Each recipient counts as one of your plan's emails sent with documents.
- [Signing and notification emails aren't arriving](https://help.pdfbetter.com/troubleshooting/emails-not-arriving.md): Check spam, promotions and quarantine first; PDFBetter sends from no-reply@pdfbetter.com. If a signer didn't get an invitation, open the request under Sent, check Activity, and use New link / fix email to correct the address and send a new link.

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Source: https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/manage-share-links/ · PDFBetter Help Center · Last checked against the product 2026-10-18. Questions: support@pdfbetter.com