Set a deadline and your link retires itself
Pick an expiry date and time. When it arrives, the link stops resolving and returns a clean gone response, so a flash sale, a private share, or a dead offer cannot keep sending traffic. Free on every plan.
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Link expiration puts a deadline on a short link. You set an expiry date and time in the protection panel, share the link as usual, and the moment the deadline passes Flyn stops resolving it and serves a gone response instead of forwarding the visitor. It is the clean way to make a share temporary: promos that should not outlive the sale, access that should not linger, and campaigns that should stop the instant they are done. Link expiration is free on every plan, including the free tier.
How it works
Up and running in minutes
Create your short link
Shorten any URL, on a Flyn domain or your own custom domain. Add a QR code and a custom preview if you want them. Nothing about expiration changes how you build the link.
Set an expiry in the protection panel
Open the protection panel and pick the exact date and time the link should stop working. The link resolves normally right up to that moment, then retires itself automatically. No reminder to disable it later.
Share it anywhere
Drop the link into a post, an email, a QR code, or an ad. It behaves like any other short link while it is live, tracking clicks and forwarding visitors to the destination.
It stops on time, on its own
When the deadline passes, Flyn stops resolving the link and returns a gone response. Late clicks land on a dead end instead of an offer you no longer want live, with no action needed from you.
Why it matters
What you get
Time-limited promos and flash sales
Attach an expiry to a discount or launch link so the deal closes exactly when it should. The link goes dead the second the sale ends, so nobody redeems a promo a week late off an old screenshot.
Temporary, self-destructing access
Share a file, a page, or a private link that should not stay reachable forever. Set an expiry and the access retires itself on schedule, without you having to remember to revoke it.
Campaign hygiene by default
Dead offers stop sending clicks. When a campaign ends, its expired links stop forwarding traffic, so your analytics stay clean and stale links cannot keep pulling in visitors to a page that has moved on.
Pairs with password protection
Combine an expiry with password protection to create a gated, time-boxed share: the visitor needs the password to get in, and the whole link closes for good once the deadline passes.
Zero cleanup, zero reminders
There is nothing to disable after the fact. The link enforces its own deadline, so you never have to circle back to turn off a promo or pull down a share you set live weeks ago.
A clean gone response, not a broken link
An expired link returns a proper gone response rather than silently forwarding to a page you no longer control, which keeps stale links from leaking to the wrong destination.
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Frequently asked questions
Is link expiration really free?
Yes. Link expiration is included on every plan, including the free tier. You can set an expiry date and time on your links at no cost, alongside the free plan's basic click analytics, QR codes, custom OG previews, and folders, on up to 25 links a month. If you need more links than that, or password protection and smart routing on top, Pro is $12 a month or $9 a month billed annually.
What happens when a link expires?
Once the expiry date and time pass, Flyn stops resolving the link and returns a gone response. Visitors who click after the deadline land on a dead end instead of being forwarded to your destination, so an expired offer or share cannot keep sending people through.
How precise is the expiry?
You set a specific date and time, so the link resolves normally right up to that moment and then stops. It is not just a day-level cutoff; you choose the exact time the link should retire itself.
Can I combine expiration with a password?
Yes. Pair link expiration with password protection to create a gated, time-boxed share. The visitor needs the password to open the link while it is live, and the whole link closes once the expiry passes. Password protection is a Pro feature; link expiration itself is free.
Do I have to turn the link off manually when it expires?
No. That is the point of setting an expiry: the link enforces its own deadline. There is nothing to disable later, no reminder to set, and no risk of a promo or private share quietly staying live past its date.
Can I set an expiry on a link that uses my own domain and a QR code?
Yes. Expiration works the same on a Flyn domain or your own custom domain, and it applies to the underlying short link, so a QR code that points to that link stops resolving at the same moment the link does.
Why teams choose Flyn
Built to trust, priced to keep
Flat, honest pricing
One $9/mo rate (about 8 EUR / 7 GBP). No per-link fees, no metered "tracked clicks", no surprise tier jumps.
GDPR-safe by design
No raw IP addresses stored, plus one-click data export and deletion. Built to fit EU and UK privacy rules.
No ad interstitials
Clean redirects on your own branded domain. Your audience never lands on a preview or ad page first.
Numbers you can trust
Click and scan analytics are bot-filtered, so you measure real people, not crawlers padding your stats.
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Link expiration is free on every Flyn plan
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