Is there a way/setting to disable the feature that adds ?u=Username at the end of the link when sharing a discourse topic via the share link button? [image]

No, there is no way to disable this.

Would it be possible to add a global setting or a per-user setting to disable this in the future?

I believe the assumption is that if someone doesn’t like that kind of behavior that they can already recognise and remove it themselves. Thus far that has held pretty true. Worst case they can also grab the URL direct from the address bar.

Technically you could build a theme component that disables it, CDCK (us) have no plans of creating such a component, if you really really want it maybe make a Marketplace topic.

You can find the code in below topic. [afbeelding] Twitter shared URL has a query string Support Okay. If you still prefer to not having it add the below javascript in your discourse customization. It’s working fine for me as you wanted. <script> jQuery(…

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vinothkannans (Vinoth Kannan) 1 februari 2019 om 07:20 6

You can find the code in below topic.

Topic		Antwoorden	Weergaven
Disable “?u=<user>” in shared links Support	10	2587	11 september 2018
Stop appending ?username to url when badge system disabled? Feature	1	745	28 september 2020
"Share a link" for a post should not leak username Feature completed	26	5387	22 september 2022
Per-user opt-in of appending the username on link sharing Feature	19	2033	24 februari 2023
Usernames in shared links break anonymity Feature privacy , completed	20	4379	28 mei 2023

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