> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.dapta.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.dapta.ai/dapta-forms/share/public-link.md).

# Your public link

Understand the public URL of a Dapta Form: what each part of /{account code}/{handle}/{slug} means, the three places you can copy it from, how the slug is built from the form name, and why old links k

Every form you publish gets one public address. Anyone with that address can open the form: no account, no login, no app.

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## The shape of the URL

```
https://forms.dapta.ai/{account code}/{handle}/{form slug}
```

For example: `https://forms.dapta.ai/k7m2xq/alex/lead-qualification-quiz`

| Part             | What it is                                                                                              |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Account code** | A six character code for your account, for example `k7m2xq`. Dapta generates it for you.                |
| **Handle**       | Your personal handle, for example `alex`. It is created from your name or email when you first sign in. |
| **Form slug**    | The form itself, built from the form name (see below).                                                  |

You can see all three under **Account settings** in the **Public page** tab, in the **Your identity** card.

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**Step 1:** Open the form in the editor and click the **Copy link** icon (the chain link) in the topbar. The icon flashes a check mark and the full URL is on your clipboard.

<figure><img src="https://3835013762-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FCy5rSNtQmtqYCGzJlNEB%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-18d713a8cdb97e21c9d9f962ad048fddec65ea95%2Fforms-public-link-01-copy-link.png?alt=media" alt="The editor topbar with the Copy link icon highlighted"><figcaption><p><strong>Copy link</strong> in the editor topbar. The icon next to it, <strong>Open form</strong>, opens the live form in a new tab.</p></figcaption></figure>

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**Step 2:** You do not have to open the editor at all. On the **Forms** page, every row shows the public path under the form name, and carries the same **Copy link** and **Open form** icons on the right.

<figure><img src="https://3835013762-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FCy5rSNtQmtqYCGzJlNEB%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-98f76b32679387e40dec059da45a1df7a66fc5b8%2Fforms-public-link-02-forms-list-row.png?alt=media" alt="A row on the Forms page with the public path highlighted under the form name"><figcaption><p>The public path is printed right on the row, so you can read the URL without opening anything.</p></figcaption></figure>

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**Step 3:** Your account also has one link of its own: the page at your handle that lists your published forms. Once that page is turned on, **Home** shows it in a box at the top with **Copy** and **Open**.

<figure><img src="https://3835013762-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FCy5rSNtQmtqYCGzJlNEB%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ed38f8ff88829c7cc4e9ba937a06b0f7dada6610%2Fforms-public-link-03-home-card.png?alt=media" alt="The Home page with the Your public page box highlighted, showing forms.dapta.ai/k7m2xq/alex with Copy and Open"><figcaption><p>The <strong>Your public page</strong> box only appears while that page is published. See <a href="/dapta-forms/share/public-page.md">Your public page</a>.</p></figcaption></figure>

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## How the slug is made

When you create a form, Dapta Forms builds the slug from the name you typed:

* everything becomes lowercase,
* accents are removed, so `Cotización` becomes `cotizacion`,
* spaces and punctuation become single hyphens,
* it is cut at 60 characters,
* if another form in your account already uses that slug, a number is added: `contact-form`, then `contact-form-2`, then `contact-form-3`.

So a form named `Lead qualification quiz` gets the slug `lead-qualification-quiz`.

> **💡 Tip:** The slug is set when the form is created and does not change afterwards. Renaming a form in the editor changes its name in your Forms list, never the link you already shared.

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## Vanity slug

The account code is short but not memorable. A **vanity slug** replaces it with a word you choose, so `forms.dapta.ai/k7m2xq/alex/demo` can read `forms.dapta.ai/acme/alex/demo`.

The vanity slug is a perk of a paid Dapta subscription, not a setting inside Forms. Its current value is shown read only under **Account settings**, **Public page**, in the **Your identity** card, and reads **Not set** until one is claimed. Ask your Dapta contact to set one up for your account.

Vanity slugs are lowercase letters, numbers and single hyphens, and a short list of words is reserved (`admin`, `api`, `login`, `pricing` and similar) because they are already used by the product itself.

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## Old links keep working

Links you have already sent out do not break:

* When your account gets a vanity slug, the old six character code keeps resolving to the same forms, for good. A link printed on a flyer last year still opens.
* The same is true if a vanity slug is ever replaced: the previous one keeps working too.

Nothing about your link expires, and there is no way to close a form other than deleting it.

> **⚠️ Note:** Deleting a form deletes its submissions with it and turns the link into a not found page. There is no "unpublish" switch.

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## What's next

* [Embed on your website](/dapta-forms/share/embed.md): show the same form inside your own page instead of linking out to it.
* [Your public page](/dapta-forms/share/public-page.md): one address that lists every form you want people to find.
* [Share card (social preview image)](/dapta-forms/design/share-card.md): control the picture that appears when the link is pasted into a chat.
* [Hidden fields & URL prefill](/dapta-forms/builder/hidden-fields-and-url-prefill.md): add `?key=value` to the link to fill answers in advance.


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