How to Find the URL of a Website

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This article will show you how to find the URL of a website. The URL is the address of that website. You can see this address in your browser’s address bar, or you can find the URL of a link by right-clicking and copying the link.

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Go to https://www.google.com from a browser. You can use any browser you like, then go to Google’s homepage by typing the https://www.google.com link into your browser’s address bar.

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Enter the name of a website. You’ll click on the text entry bar below the Google logo and enter the site name.

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Press the ↵ Enter key. This will search and return you a list of websites that match your search query.

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Right click on the link. Links are lines of blue text that, when you click on them, open a web page. Right-clicking will display a popup menu next to the link.

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Click the Copy Link Address option. This will copy the link address to the clipboard. You can do that with any link on the internet.

If you use a trackpad or trackpad on your Mac, you can right-click by clicking with two fingers.

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Open a text editing software. You can use optional text editing software, such as Notepad on Windows or TextEdit on Mac.

To open Notepad software on Windows, click on the Windows startup icon in the lower right corner of the screen, then enter Notepad , click Notepad. The icon of this application is a note book with a blue cover.
To open TextEdit on a Mac. You click on the Finder application. The icon of this app is a blue and white smiley face. Next, you’ll press ” Applications ” and press TextEdit. This application has an icon of a pen and a piece of paper.

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Right-click the text cursor on the text editing software. This will bring up a popup menu next to it.

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Click the Paste button to paste the URL into the text editing software. ^{[1] X Research Source}

You can also check the URL of any website you are visiting by clicking on the address bar on your browser. The address bar is the long white bar at the top of the browser window, below the pages (tabs) at the top. Sometimes you’ll need to click on the text portion of the URL to see the full URL.

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