Unshorten

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4.1
629 reviews
10K+
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Everyone
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About this app

Jump directly to your favorite native apps and avoid using a browser to unshorten URLs such as bit.ly and goo.gl. With Unshorten, you avoid the annoying browser middle-man to unshorten URLs and are taken directly to your chosen native application.


Tapping short links in Twitter clients, Facebook, Google Plus, and Reddit first opens a web browser. The browser then immediately redirects you to your selected default native application. Save time and avoid unnecessary taps by letting Unshorten expand short URLs and open the proper native application directly!

Thank you Reddit community (/r/android)! I got some great feedback from everyone and have started to address some of it in the first update. More features/improvements are on the way!

Supported URL shortener services:
-Reddit (new!)
-Sound Cloud (new!)
-Instagram (new!)
-Strava (new!)
-Twitter: t.co
-j.mp
-Bitly: bit.ly and bitly.com
-Google: goo.gl
-YouTube: youtu.be
-Facebook: fb.me
-Wordpress: wp.me
-Twitlonger: tl.gd
-Whitehouse: wh.gov
-Untapped: untp.i
-Kickstarter: kck.st
-Engadget: engt.co
-New York Times: nyti.ms
-CNN: on.cnn.com
-CNN Money: cnnmon.ie
-The Verge: vrge.co
-Hoot Suite: ow.ly
-Is Good: is.gd
-Deliver It: dlvr.it
Updated on
Feb 19, 2013

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Ratings and reviews

4.1
580 reviews
ramesh bond
September 24, 2020
No use.waste app. It should unshorten the URLs seleced.but does nothing when short URL is selected or clicked (shows same short URL when clicked). Not even a textbox in the app to paste short URLs and expand.
3 people found this review helpful
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A Google user
January 30, 2019
Does the job, but I'd like to preview unshortened link *before* opening it. That's the only point of having unshortener application.
10 people found this review helpful
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Sagor Halder
September 24, 2021
This is a worst app, doesn't work. Those who given 5-star ratings are paid.
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What's new

Thanks to the Reddit community (/r/android) for the great response and feedback!

-Polished settings UI
-A toast is shown immediately to provide quick UI feedback, a followup toast then replaces the first after the URL has been unshortened
-Support for a few new URL shortener services: Reddit, Instagram, Sound Cloud, and Strava
-Added sample URLs for the newly supported URLs
-Fixed one networking bug related to weak or no network connectivity
-Adds a broken sample link for testing