New Users

• Getting Started with TinyX: Your First Short Link

  Welcome to TinyX. This guide walks you through creating your first short link — from sign-up to share-ready in under two minutes. 1. Create an Account Head to tinyx.co and click Get Started. Enter your email and a password, then verify your email address using the link we send you. Email verification is required before you can create links. 2. Go to Your Dashboard After logging in, you'll land on your dashboard. This is your home base — it shows your recent linkFeatured

• Protecting Links and Files with Passwords

  TinyX lets you add a password to any short link or shared file. Visitors are shown a prompt before they can access the destination — no account required on their end. Adding a Password to a Link Go to Links and click New Link (or edit an existing one) Scroll to the Security section Toggle on Password protection and enter your password Save the link When someone visits your short link, they'll see a password entry screen before being redirected. They won't see thFew readers

Technical Support

• Webhooks: Getting Notified When Links Are Used

  Webhooks let TinyX send an automatic notification to another tool the moment something happens — a link is created, deleted, or a file is uploaded through an Upload Drop. No polling required. Supported Platforms TinyX webhooks work with: Slack — posts a message to a channel Discord — posts to a channel via a webhook URL Google Chat — posts to a Space Generic webhook — sends a JSON POST to any URL you control Setting Up a Webhook Go to Account → WebhookFew readers

• Understanding Your Analytics: Clicks, Devices, and Geography

  Every TinyX short link automatically collects click data. Here's how to read it and what you can do with it. Viewing Analytics for a Link Go to Links in your dashboard Click the link you want to inspect Open the Analytics tab You'll see a summary of all recorded clicks for that link. What's Tracked Click count — total number of times the link has been followed. Updated in real-time. Clicks over time — a chart showing click volume by day. Useful for spotting pFew readers

• Setting Link Expiry: Time Limits and Click Limits

  TinyX gives you two ways to make a link stop working automatically: after a set date/time, or after a certain number of clicks. You can use one or both together. Time-Based Expiry Set a date and time after which the link will no longer redirect visitors. To set it: Open New Link or edit an existing link In the Expiry section, toggle on Expires at and pick a date and time Save the link After the expiry time passes, anyone who visits the link will see an "This linkFew readers

• QR Codes: Generating and Downloading

  Every TinyX short link has a QR code generated automatically. You can download it and use it anywhere — print, signage, presentations, packaging, wherever. Generating a QR Code You don't need to do anything special — TinyX creates a QR code for every link at the moment you create it. To access it: Go to Links in your dashboard Find the link you want a QR code for Click the QR icon on the link row, or open the link detail and look for the QR code section The QR code is diFew readers

• Upload Drops: Collecting Files from Others

  An Upload Drop is a special type of TinyX link that lets someone upload a file to you — without them needing an account. Think of it as a secure inbox for receiving files. When to Use This Collecting documents from clients (contracts, IDs, forms) Receiving design assets or media files Gathering submissions from a team or contributors Any situation where you need files from someone rather than sharing files to them Creating an Upload Drop Go to Links and click NewFew readers

• Questionnaire Links: Building Forms with TinyX

  TinyX lets you create shareable form links using simple Markdown. No form builder to learn — just write your questions in plain text and TinyX renders them as a clean, submittable form. Creating a Questionnaire Go to Links and click New Link Select Questionnaire as the link type Write your questions in the Form content field using Markdown (see syntax below) Optionally set a password, response limit, or expiry Click Create Link Writing Your QuestionsFew readers

• End-to-End Encryption: How TinyX Protects Your Files

  When you upload a file with encryption enabled, TinyX uses AES-256 to encrypt it before it's stored. This article explains what that means in practice and what guarantees it gives you. What "Zero-Knowledge" Means TinyX encrypts your file at the point of upload. By the time the file reaches our storage, it's already encrypted — we never see or store the plaintext content. This is called zero-knowledge encryption: we have no ability to read your files even if we wanted to. This is differentFew readers