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title: Widget Public URLs
description: Copy widgets as snapshot images and share them outside of Datadog.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Dashboards > Sharing > Widget Public URLs
---

# Widget Public URLs

## Overview{% #overview %}

Widget Public URLs let you copy a dashboard widget as a static image and share it outside of Datadog. When you copy a widget with `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `C`, Datadog generates a publicly accessible link to a screenshot of the widget as it appears on your screen. This link is placed on your clipboard. When you paste outside of Datadog (for example, into Slack or Microsoft Teams) the link renders as a snapshot image of your widget.

**Note**: Widget Public URLs is separate from the [Datadog Clipboard](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/guide/datadog_clipboard.md), which copies widgets for use within Datadog (in dashboards, notebooks, and incidents). It is also unrelated to the [Snapshots API](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/snapshots.md), which programmatically captures metric graph snapshots.

## Prerequisites{% #prerequisites %}

This feature requires the **Widget Public URLs** setting to be enabled in your organization. To enable it, navigate to [**Organization Settings > Public Sharing > Settings**](https://app.datadoghq.com/organization-settings/public-sharing/settings).

When enabled, copying a widget generates a publicly accessible snapshot image link. Anyone with the link can view the snapshot, regardless of whether they have a Datadog account.

## Copy a widget as an snapshot image{% #copy-a-widget-as-an-snapshot-image %}

1. On any dashboard, hover over the widget you want to share.
1. Press `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `C`, or click the share icon and select **Copy**.
1. Paste outside of Datadog using `Cmd`/`Ctrl` + `V`.

In tools that support link previews (such as Slack or Microsoft Teams), the pasted link renders as a snapshot image of the widget.

## Disable Widget Public URLs{% #disable-widget-public-urls %}

To stop generating publicly accessible widget image links, disable the **Widget Public URLs** setting in [**Organization Settings > Public Sharing > Settings**](https://app.datadoghq.com/organization-settings/public-sharing/settings). After disabling, copying a widget no longer generates a public snapshot image link. Previously generated links are no longer accessible.

## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Sharing](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/sharing.md)
- [Copy and Paste Widgets](https://docs.datadoghq.com/dashboards/widgets/configuration.md#copy-and-paste-widgets)