# Filter links in chats

**URL:** <https://support.delta.chat/t/filter-links-in-chats/2857>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Created:** [December 17, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/filter-links-in-chats/2857 "2023-12-17T11:07:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![thobu](https://support.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@thobu](https://support.delta.chat/u/thobu)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/filter-links-in-chats/2857/1 "2023-12-17T11:07:09Z")

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do we have a way of filtering links in chats? I found this [FR](https://support.delta.chat/t/tabs-for-links-and-files/2142) in that regard from some time ago.  
I’m on DC 1.42.2 (desktop)

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**Author:** ![link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/link2xt/32/1971_2.png) [@link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/u/link2xt)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/filter-links-in-chats/2857/2 "2023-12-17T12:50:17Z")

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If you mean something like “show all images in the chat”, but for links - no, there is currently no support for it.

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**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://support.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/filter-links-in-chats/2857/3 "2023-12-17T20:04:00Z")

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this would be a nice feature, it could be an additional tab in the chat profile “Links”

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**Author:** ![thobu](https://support.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@thobu](https://support.delta.chat/u/thobu)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/filter-links-in-chats/2857/4 "2023-12-17T20:15:09Z")

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that’s how Tg displays/links the media formats  
 ![image](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9eee49c396d30132c0d0b5dd3ba34a03c82c7404.png)

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**Author:** ![Raiden](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/raiden/32/2544_2.png) [@Raiden](https://support.delta.chat/u/Raiden)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/filter-links-in-chats/2857/5 "2023-12-17T21:45:24Z")

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Maybe it would make sense to combine this feature with this one?

> [@Generate link preview](https://support.delta.chat/t/generate-link-preview/1009):
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> It would be nice to have option to generate link preview (link card) on sender client side, and send it to receiver of message. Benefit is that receiver would be able to glance and read description before clicking on link. Here are a few examples of link preview: Is there plan for feature like that? I couldn’t find anything searching forum.

> [@Privacy preserving rich links](https://support.delta.chat/t/privacy-preserving-rich-links/2152):
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> Discord, telegram, WhatsApp, twitter, mastodon, Facebook and co all show a link preview which is pulled from special meta tags (“open graph meta tags” is their name, here is a list of them: [Complete List of HTML Meta Tags · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/lancejpollard/1978404#opengraph-meta-tags)): 1. Problem: Recipient privacy The potential privacy problem is when doing pulling the data on the receiving site, a web request is made from the device. So the obvious solution is to send the meta-data with the message that…

This would make it possible to display the links in the list as thumbnails and also make it easier to find a specific link more quickly. In my experience, this is a feature that is often missed by new users.