How do I save links from WhatsApp so I can find them later?
Forward the link to Bulletin on WhatsApp (+1 325 221 0965) and it is saved to your Bulletin with its title and picture, where you can find it by what you remember and add it to a list.
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Set it up once
New to Bulletin
- Add +1 325 221 0965 to your contacts as Bulletin.
- Send it any link. Bulletin replies with a link to sign in or make your Bulletin. The links you sent wait for you for 24 hours.
- Tap the link and sign in, or make your Bulletin. The links you sent are saved straight away.
Already have a Bulletin
- On yourbulletin.com, open Settings, then WhatsApp, and click Connect WhatsApp.
- Click Open WhatsApp and send the message it drafts. Or send the code shown on the page to Bulletin on WhatsApp. The code works for 30 minutes.
- The Settings page updates once your number is connected.
One WhatsApp number connects to one Bulletin.
Save a link
- In any chat, a group or a friend's message, press and hold the message with the link.
- Tap Forward and choose Bulletin.
- Bulletin replies Saved to your page. with the page's title, and a menu to add it to a list or make it Only me.
From another app, like Instagram, TikTok or your browser, tap Share, choose WhatsApp, then Bulletin. It works the same way.
You can send up to 10 links in one message. Bulletin saves them all and replies with a count.
Words the chat understands
| Send | What happens |
|---|---|
| Any link | Saved to your Bulletin |
| undo | Removes the last link you saved, if you saved it in the last hour |
| help | Lists what the chat can do |
| contact | Sends Bulletin's contact card, so it shows up when you forward |
| disconnect | Stops saving from this number |
What comes across
| You send | On your Bulletin |
|---|---|
| A link | Saved with its title and a picture of the page |
| Several links in one message | Up to 10 saved at once |
| A link you already saved | Not saved twice. The reply says it's already in your Bulletin |
| A page that no longer exists | Not saved. The reply says the page is gone |
| A photo or video | Not saved. Send the link it came from instead |
| A message with no link | Not saved |
Who can see what you save
A link you save goes on your page, where anyone with your page's link can see it, unless you make it Only me. The reply's menu does that in one tap, and so does your page later. The free plan keeps up to 50 Only me bullets. Unlimited keeps as many as you like for $5 a month or $50 a year.
Other ways to save links from WhatsApp
Message yourself. WhatsApp lets you start a chat with your own number. It's built in and free, and you can search it for words in the messages. Links stay in a single scrolling chat, with no pictures to browse and no way to share a set of them.
Star the message. Starred messages collect in one place in WhatsApp. Fine for a handful of links, hard to use once there are hundreds.
A chat's Links tab. Open a chat's info, then Media, links and docs, then Links, to see every link in that one chat. It only covers one chat at a time.
Other WhatsApp savers. MarkIt and SaveMyLink also take links you forward on WhatsApp. MarkIt lets you search your saves from inside WhatsApp itself, which Bulletin doesn't: on Bulletin you search on your page.
Who should pick which
If you save a few links a month and only need them back now and then, messaging yourself is enough and costs nothing. If you want to ask for a link back without leaving WhatsApp, MarkIt does that. Pick Bulletin if you want every link you save, from WhatsApp, your browser or your iPhone, on one visual page you can search by what you remember, and turned into lists you can send to people.
Questions
- Is it free?
- Yes. Saving to your page and sharing lists are free. Free also includes 50 Only me bullets. Unlimited is $5 a month or $50 a year.
- Can Bulletin read my other chats?
- No. Bulletin only sees the messages you send to it. Forwarding a link sends that one message, nothing else from the chat.
- Do I need to install an app?
- No. Bulletin on WhatsApp is a chat, so it works wherever WhatsApp does, and your saves are on yourbulletin.com. There's also an iPhone app and a Chrome extension if you want them.
- How do I find a link later?
- Open your page on yourbulletin.com and search for what you remember about it: a word from the title, the site, or what it was about. You can also file links into lists as you go, from the menu in the reply.
- Can I save Instagram or TikTok links this way?
- Yes. Tap Share on the post, choose WhatsApp, then Bulletin. The link is saved like any other.
- I saved the wrong link. Can I take it back?
- Reply undo within the hour and the last link you saved is removed. After that, delete it from your page.
- Can I share the links I saved?
- Yes. Add them to a list and share the list as a link. People who open it can save the list to their own Bulletin.