Where does this Qurly link really go?
Paste a Qurly short link and we'll show you the destination, what kind of site it is, and whether our scan flagged anything risky — before you click.
Resolve
We look up the Qurly short link and follow it to its current destination. URLs that aren't Qurly short links aren't accepted — this tool only checks our own redirects.
Classify
Our model reads the page title, meta description, and a snippet of body text to decide what kind of site it is — shopping, news, blog, social, and more.
Verdict
We flag pages that look like phishing, scams, or malware as Malicious. Adult or low-quality monetised redirects get a Caution. Everything else is Safe.
Why bother checking a short link?
Short links hide their destination by design — that's the entire point of a redirect. Most of the time that's fine, because the link came from someone you trust. The problem is the times when it didn't: a link forwarded into a group chat, dropped into a comment thread, posted on social, or printed on a flyer you grabbed in a hurry. You don't always know whether the destination is a legitimate page, a phishing form mocked up to look like your bank, a fake parcel-tracking page asking for credit card data, or a site that's been compromised since the original short link was created.
Checking a short link before you tap takes about three seconds and rules out the most common scams. This tool resolves the link the same way a browser would, classifies the destination, and runs it against the same safety signals our platform uses internally to flag abuse. It's the same check we run on every Qurly redirect at click time — exposed as a tool you can run on demand.
What the verdicts mean
Safe
The destination resolved cleanly. We didn't find a match in any malware or phishing blocklist, the redirect chain has no suspicious hops, and the page content classifies as ordinary (news, shopping, blog, SaaS, social, etc.). Treat this as a green light, not a guarantee — even legitimate sites can have content you'd rather not see, and a site that's safe right now can be compromised later.
Caution
The destination didn't trigger a clear-cut malware or phishing signal, but something about it warrants a heads-up. Common reasons: adult content, low-quality monetised redirects, gambling or sweepstakes pages, sites with aggressive ad scripts, very young domains, or pages that load via long redirect chains. A Caution verdict isn't an accusation of malice — it's "you might want to know what you're tapping into."
Malicious
The destination matched at least one strong abuse signal — a known phishing template, a malware-distribution domain, a fake login page targeting a specific brand, or a site flagged by external safety feeds (Google Safe Browsing, Cloudflare's threat intelligence, and similar). Malicious links are also automatically reported into our internal abuse queue so we can disable the underlying short link, regardless of who created it.
Frequently asked questions
Does this work for non-Qurly short links?
No. This tool only checks links created on Qurly's domains (the various qurly.* short domains and customer-branded domains routed through our infrastructure). For arbitrary URLs, use a general URL safety scanner — Google Safe Browsing's Transparency Report or VirusTotal are good starting points.
Is the link I check logged anywhere?
We cache the URL and its verdict anonymously for 30 days so repeat checks return instantly. The check isn't tied to your account, your IP isn't stored, and we never share or sell the underlying data. See our Privacy Policy for the full version.
Why was a link flagged Malicious if it looks fine to me?
The most common reason is that the destination matched a phishing-template signature or a known malware-distribution domain that hasn't yet been listed on the blocklist your browser uses. Phishing sites are designed to look fine — that's the entire trick. If you believe a verdict is wrong, you can report it from the verdict screen and a human will review.
How accurate is the safety verdict?
High but not perfect. Our verdict is a weighted ensemble of several signals: external blocklists, redirect-chain heuristics, page content classification, domain age and reputation, and known-bad templates. We tune the threshold to favour false-positive Caution over false-negative Safe — if we're not sure, we err toward warning you.
Can I check a link in bulk or via API?
Programmatic access is available on Business plans and above through our public API. The /v1/links/check endpoint accepts a single URL or a batch of up to 100 per request. See the API documentation for details and rate limits.
I created a Qurly short link and want to make sure it's still working.
Use this tool. It'll resolve your link the same way a real visitor's click would and flag any issues with the destination, redirect chain, or content classification. If you've signed in, you can also see live click and scan stats from your dashboard.
Privacy: URLs you check are stored anonymously for 30 days to make repeat checks instant. We don't tie checks to your account or share them. See our Privacy Policy for details, or report a Qurly link you believe violates our acceptable-use policy.