Answers.Body: <p>You can install this extension: <a href="https://github.com/PalanteJon/coop.palantetech.nosmsurltracking" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/PalanteJon/coop.palantetech.nosmsurltracking</a>.  This will automatically turn off click-through tracking on all mass SMS messages.  There's no checkbox (unless someone codes one in), so it turns tracking off on ALL messages - but if you need tracking on a single message, you can disable the extension temporarily.</p>
  
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Answers.UserDisplayName: Jon G - Megaphone Tech
Answers.Body: <p>If you do not use https:// my Android phone recognizes it as a link and makes it hyperlinked. </p>
  
  <p>On Civi 5.23.4 </p>
  
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Body: <p>CiviMail and CiviSMS both default to tracking click-throughs.  To do so, it converts a link like <code>http://www.cnn.com</code> to something much longer, like <code>https://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=91701&amp;qid=2521100</code>.  That's fine in CiviMail, when you a) can turn it off, and b) you can hide it behind a hyperlink - but it can be really annoying in a text message.  </p>
  
  <p>Since there's no "track click-throughs" checkbox when creating an SMS, how do I fix this?</p>
  
Tags: <civimail><sms>
Title: How do I prevent CiviSMS from converting my URLs to longer clickthrough-aware URLs?
ThreadText: # How do I prevent CiviSMS from converting my URLs to longer clickthrough-aware URLs?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-25)
  
  CiviMail and CiviSMS both default to tracking click-throughs. To do so, it converts a link like `http://www.cnn.com` to something much longer, like `https://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=91701&qid=2521100`. That's fine in CiviMail, when you a) can turn it off, and b) you can hide it behind a hyperlink - but it can be really annoying in a text message.
  
  Since there's no "track click-throughs" checkbox when creating an SMS, how do I fix this?
  
  **Tags:** civimail, sms
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-02-25. Score: 5
  
  You can install this extension: <https://github.com/PalanteJon/coop.palantetech.nosmsurltracking>. This will automatically turn off click-through tracking on all mass SMS messages. There's no checkbox (unless someone codes one in), so it turns tracking off on ALL messages - but if you need tracking on a single message, you can disable the extension temporarily.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-16. Score: 0
  
  If you do not use https:// my Android phone recognizes it as a link and makes it hyperlinked.
  
  On Civi 5.23.4
  
  
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