URL Shortener
Turn a long URL into a shyt.my link. Free, no login, no expiry.
The URL you enter is sent to shyt.my, which stores the mapping so the short link keeps working.
About URL Shortener
Paste a long URL, get a short one. The link is created on shyt.my, a service we run, and redirects with a 301 to wherever you pointed it. No account, no interstitial ad page, no expiry date, and no tracking pixel injected into the redirect.
This is the one tool on the site that necessarily stores what you give it — a short link that forgets its destination is not a short link. The URL and its code are saved so the redirect keeps working. Nothing else about the request is retained.
Short links earn their keep in places where the URL itself is a cost: printed material, a QR code where every character adds density, a chat platform that mangles long links, an SMS with a character budget. They're a poor fit anywhere the destination matters to the reader, because a shortened link hides where it goes — which is also why some mail filters treat them with suspicion.
Worth knowing: a short link is a permanent dependency on whoever runs it. Plenty of shorteners have shut down and taken every link with them. For anything meant to outlive the campaign it was made for, use the real URL, or a redirect on a domain you control.
Frequently asked
›Do the links expire?
No. There's no expiry, no click limit and no dormancy sweep. A link created today resolves as long as shyt.my is running.
›Is there a click counter?
No. The redirect does the redirect and nothing else — no analytics page, no per-click logging, no pixel. If you need attribution, put UTM parameters on the destination URL before shortening it; they survive the redirect.
›Can I choose my own short code?
Not yet. Codes are generated. Custom aliases need an account to prevent squatting, and there are no accounts here.
›What redirect status does it use?
301 Permanent, which browsers cache aggressively and search engines treat as passing link equity to the destination. It also means a link's destination is effectively fixed once it's been visited.
›Is the URL I submit stored?
Yes — necessarily. The mapping from code to destination is saved so the redirect works. This is the only tool here that stores anything you enter, which is why it says so plainly rather than in a footnote.