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Single-use links

A single-use link (also called a secret link) is a one-time booking URL for one specific person. It's tied to one of your event types, backed by a unique token, and once it's been used to book — or once it expires — it stops working. Manage them from Secret Links.

What it is

• You Generate it for a specific event type (one or several at a time), optionally with an expiry date. Each one is a unique URL like 42min.us/s/<token>.
• It's good for one booking. After someone books with it, the link is spent.
• Each link has a status — Active, Used (someone booked with it), or Expired (its expiry date passed) — so you can see at a glance which ones are still live. The list also shows the event type, when it was created, and the expiry date.
• You can filter the list by event type or status, or search by token, and delete links you no longer want (individually or in bulk via the checkboxes).
• Unlike your public booking page or a regular event link, a single-use link doesn't expose your whole profile and can't be passed around to bring in extra bookings.

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When to use it

• You're inviting one person and don't want the link forwarded or reused.
• A high-stakes meeting (a candidate's final-round interview, a VIP demo) where you want a clean, private URL just for them.
• You want to be able to revoke access — if plans change, kill the link.

For everyday scheduling, share a regular event link or your booking page instead — single-use links are deliberately one-and-done.

How to do it

1. Open Secret Links and click Generate Links.
2. Pick the event type the link is for, set an expiry date if you want one, and generate it (you can create several at once).
3. Copy the generated URL (the Copy button on the row) and send it to that one person.
4. Watch its status — it flips to Used once they book, or Expired if its date passes first. To invalidate one early, delete it (the × on the row, or select several and bulk-delete).

Common pitfalls

• Sent the same link to several people. The first one to book uses it up; everyone else sees "not available". For a group, give each person their own single-use link, or just share a regular event link.
• Link expired before they booked. If you set a short expiry, the link can lapse before the invitee gets to it — generate a fresh one (or use a regular link).
• Reused after the meeting. A single-use link won't work for a second booking, including a re-book after a cancellation — issue a new link if they need to book again.
• Looking for a "revoke" button. There isn't a separate revoke action — to kill a link, delete it from the Secret Links list.