# Tapatalk the sole link method? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 12, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-the-sole-link-method/849338 "2020-03-12T14:48:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-the-sole-link-method/849338/1 "2020-03-12T14:48:12Z")
I just tried to send a link to a pal. Forgot I was within Tapatalk. So the link was a mess. Easy right??- I went to my cell browser. Googled SDMB. Loaded THAT up. Found the thread. Entered it. Copied the URL. Sent it to my pal- only to see a Tapatalk link appear again. Shouldn’t I be able to enter SDMB off of the Web, click a thread link and NOT have it pass through Tapatalk? Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-the-sole-link-method/849338/2 "2020-03-12T18:00:14Z")
Repeat what you did, but close Tapatalk first (however you do that for your phone). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-the-sole-link-method/849338/3 "2020-03-13T15:28:19Z")
That seems right; you’d be okay as long as you disabled Tapatalk. Otherwise, folks like me (who resist downloading the app) wouldn’t be able to forward links at all.