Get a Shareable Link
Learn how to get a link to share your video or image in an email or message. Gather feedback from your audience or start a discussion with your team.
Share Link is the best way to share Snagit images and videos for collaboration across time zones and busy schedules.
How It Works
The Share Link button uploads your image or video to Screencast, our cloud-based solution for collaboration and feedback – free with your TechSmith account.
Paste the link into an email or message to share with anyone anywhere, even if they don’t have a TechSmith account. Screencast’s built-in conversations let you quickly gather feedback on your content or start a discussion.
Note: If your company or administrator deployed Snagit, Share Link may be customized to share to OneDrive (Windows only) or Google Drive instead of Screencast. For more information, see What To Do If Share Link Is Customized.
To get a shareable link:
- Click Share Link.
Snagit uploads the file to Screencast and copies a link to your clipboard. - Paste the link into an email or another application to share with your audience.
Click the link to view your content on Screencast.
Note: To share to other applications or file locations, click the Share dropdown. See Share Captures.
Engage Your Audience with Your Content
When you upload content to Screencast, anyone you share the link with can view your content and comment in the conversation – no account necessary.
To learn more about Screencast content engagement with Screencast:
Free Screencast Account vs. Screencast Pro
Your Snagit automatically includes free access to Screencast for unlimited images and 25 videos.
For unlimited videos and time-saving AI features, upgrade to Screencast Pro.
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What to Do If Share Link Is Customized
If Snagit is deployed to your computer, your IT administrator may customize the Share Link button to upload to OneDrive (Windows only) or Google Drive instead of Screencast.
If the Share Link button was customized by your system administrator:
- Click Share Link.
- The first time you click Share Link, Snagit shows a message that Share Link has been customized and where the file will be uploaded.
- Snagit uploads the file to OneDrive or Google Drive and copies a link to your clipboard.
- Paste the link into an email or another application to share with your audience.
Further Customization
You can set Snagit to prompt you for a file name, and for OneDrive (Windows only) set a default folder location.
Windows
- In Snagit Editor, select Share Link dropdown > Preferences > Share Preferences.
- In the Snagit Editor Preferences dialog, click to select a share destination.
- Click Options.
- Set the desired preferences and click OK.
- In the Snagit Editor Preferences dialog, click OK.
Mac
- In Snagit Editor, select Share Link dropdown > Preferences.
- In the Share settings dialog, click to select Google Drive.
- Set your desired preferences, such as whether or not Snagit always asks you for a file name.
Note: Google Drive does not support selecting a specific folder. Snagit uploads all files to a TechSmith folder. - Click the Close button to close the Share settings dialog.
Tip: Add your own customized destination to the toolbar for single-click sharing.
- In the Snagit Editor toolbar, select More dropdown > Customize Toolbar option.
- Drag a share destination from the dialog onto the desired location on the toolbar.
- Customize the share destination, for example to save to a specific folder. To learn how to customize a share destination, see Share Captures.
What to Do If Share Link Is Disabled
The Share Link button may be disabled for a variety of reasons.
Windows
- No file is selected. Select a capture in the recent captures tray or the Snagit Library.
- Multiple files are selected. Select one capture at a time to upload to Screencast.
- A share is currently in progress. Wait for the share to finish and try again.
Mac
- The selected file format is not supported. Save the file to a supported format and try again:
- Images: SNAGX, PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, and WEBP
- Video: MP4, MOV
- No file is selected. Select a capture in the recent captures tray or the Snagit Library.
- Multiple files are selected. Select one capture at a time to upload to Screencast.
- The system administrator has disabled sharing to Screencast. Contact your system administrator.
If You Don’t See Share Link
Share Link was introduced in Snagit 2023. Snagit shows a Share button instead of Share Link if:
- You are using Snagit version 2022 or earlier; or
- You are using Snagit version 2023 or later for Windows but Screencast is not enabled as a share destination. To enable Screencast, download the Screencast plugin from Download Snagit Share Destinations or contact your system administrator.
Note: This tutorial is for Snagit version 2025. Previous versions may look or function differently.
- To check your version, select Help menu (Windows) or Snagit menu (Mac) > About Snagit.
- If you have a previous version of Snagit, see tutorials for previous versions.
- For unexpected behavior with Snagit, visit the TechSmith Help Center.
