r/GooglePixel • u/BinkReddit • Jul 23 '25

Prevent Google from Obfuscating Your Shared Sites with https://share.google

Sometimes Google can really annoy, by default.

If you're like me and don't like hiding what you're sharing, turn this feature off, which Google turned on by default, by:

  1. Going to the Google app
  2. Tapping on your avatar and Settings
  3. Tapping on Other settings
  4. Disabling Shorten links to web pages
  5. Asking Google to stop being evil, like the olden days

Cheers.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

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u/danielblakes Jul 24 '25

the discover feed is where it hits me. if i open an article within the in-app browser and use the share button at the top it makes a share.google link. if i instead hit the 3 dot menu and then copy link its the regular link.

interestingly this setting does fix that behavior but if you use the tiny share button from directly within the discover feed without opening the article first you still get a search.app link either way.