Short URL Expander & Redirect Tracer
See exactly where a bit.ly link takes you — before you click it
Shortened links hide their destination, which is why phishing and scam campaigns love them. Paste any short URL (or a regular one) and this tool follows the redirect chain one hop at a time, showing the HTTP status code at every step and the final landing page. Check the link first, click second.
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How to use
- Paste the short URL — or any URL — you want to inspect.
- Hit "Trace" and the tool walks the redirect chain one hop at a time.
- Review the status code for each hop (301, 302, and so on) and the final destination.
FAQ
- Why can't I just check this in my browser?
- The browser's fetch follows redirects automatically, so you never see the intermediate hops — and CORS blocks you from reading the Location header on a cross-origin response. A server-side request can follow the chain one hop at a time and show you every step.
- How many redirects will it follow?
- Up to 10 hops. Anything past that is usually a redirect loop, so the trace stops and tells you what it found.
- Does tracing a link count as a click?
- Possibly — the request comes from our server, so the shortener may log it in its click stats. Your IP address and browser details are never passed along, though.