When you see a shortened URL online, you cannot figure out where it leads before actually clicking on it. This can lead to unexpected situations if you are clicking the links at work; at times it can even compromise your data since the link can lead to a malicious website. Here to help prevent that is a tool called Unshorten It.

decode a shortened url

Unshorten It is a free to use web service that helps find out where a shortened URL will lead you. All you have to do is visit the site and paste in the shortened URL. Then you let the site process it. You are provided with the direct URL of the destination website, its description, and its WOT ratings.

Additionally you are provided a preview of the destination website through an image thumbnail.

Features:

  • A user-friendly web service.
  • Lets you find out where shortened URLs lead.
  • Provides direct URL and description of direct URL.
  • Provides WOT rating of original website.

Check out Unshorten It @ www.unshorten.it