{"id":1296,"date":"2022-07-14T12:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T19:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golinks.com\/help\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:23:48","slug":"chrome-golinks-utility-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golinks.com\/help\/chrome-golinks-utility-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"GoLinks Utility Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The GoLinks Utility extension enables you to convert any <a href=\"http:\/\/go\/link?trackSource=extension_convert_link\">go\/link<\/a> text on any webpage into a clickable URL: <a href=\"http:\/\/go\/link?trackSource=extension_convert_link\">http:\/\/go\/link<\/a>. If working correctly, you won\u2019t even notice the conversion! For example, this <a href=\"http:\/\/go\/link?trackSource=extension_convert_link\">go\/link<\/a> is just text, however, with the extension enabled, it should appear to be a link. The GoLinks Utility extension is compatible with Google Chrome browsers version 65 and newer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adding-golinks-utility-extension-from-the-chrome-web-store\"><strong>Adding GoLinks Utility Extension from the Chrome Web Store<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To add the GoLinks Utility extension to your Chrome browser, open Google Chrome and visit the<a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/go-links-utility\/pdfmbbhfleglfhabcljcibpgmkkabdbd\"> Chrome Web Store<\/a> to add the GoLinks Utility extension. Click <strong>Add to Chrome<\/strong> to begin the download.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2539\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.golinks.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/18062312\/Screenshot-2024-04-18-at-9.22.54%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pinning-golinks-utility-extension-to-chrome-browser\"><strong>Pinning GoLinks Utility Extension to Chrome browser<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to click the \u201cPin\u201d icon to pin the extension in the top right-hand corner of your Chrome browser<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.golinks.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/18062520\/Screenshot-2024-04-18-at-9.24.31%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the extension is installed, you should start to see any <a href=\"http:\/\/go\/link?trackSource=extension_convert_link\">go\/link<\/a> converted into a clickable link. If you click on the link, and it shows a broken page, you likely don\u2019t have golinks set up, and you will need to do this first. If your company doesn\u2019t have a solution yet, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golinks.com\/help\/getting-started\/\">Getting Started<\/a> guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-enabling-click-through-go-links\"><strong>Enabling click-through go links<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Click-through go links are enabled by default on every page. You can try visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/go.golinks.com\/extension-test\">https:\/\/go.golinks.com\/extension-test<\/a> to see a test page with examples of text that can be converted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.golinks.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/18062654\/Screenshot-2024-04-18-at-9.26.28%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disabling-click-through-go-links\"><strong>Disabling click-through go links<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, you may run into instances where you don\u2019t want <a href=\"http:\/\/go\/links?trackSource=extension_convert_link\">go\/links<\/a> to be converted on the page. If this is the case, it is easy to disable this feature. Just go into the extension dropdown, and under Quick Settings, disable the domain. This will disable conversion on all pages with the same domain. It will also refresh the current domain, and all related tabs currently on that domain in order to reset the conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also provide feedback in case the feature was breaking a page, or causing performance issues. Our team will take the feedback and be sure to improve the experience for that page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2542\" style=\"width: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.golinks.io\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/18062905\/Screenshot-2024-04-18-at-9.28.50%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can always enable the feature for the domain again if you want to re-enable the feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-re-all-set\"><strong>You\u2019re all set!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you can visit any webpage and have your <a href=\"http:\/\/go\/links?trackSource=extension_convert_link\">go\/links<\/a> converting in no time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to test the conversion, we have a list of examples below. If the links are clickable, you&#8217;ll know the extension is working!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>go\/benefits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>go\/paycheck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>go\/jira<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>go\/docs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>go\/holidays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Try enabling and disabling the feature to see the above text converted to links! If you have any issues, you can reach out to us via the Support Chat in the bottom right, or sending an email to support@golinks.io<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GoLinks Utility extension enables you to convert any go\/link text on any webpage into a clickable URL: http:\/\/go\/link. If working correctly, you won\u2019t even notice the conversion! For example, this go\/link is just text, however, with the extension enabled, it should appear to be a link. 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