# SafeLink Decoder Guide

Extract the real destination behind an Outlook SafeLink.

- Tool: https://ilham.dev/tools/safelink-decoder/
- Guide URL: https://ilham.dev/guides/safelink-decoder/
- Tool guides index: https://ilham.dev/guides/tools/
- Broader guide: Working With URLs (https://ilham.dev/guides/working-with-urls/)

## What it does

Extract the real destination from an Outlook SafeLink, which wraps the original URL in a redirect through Microsoft's safelinks service. It decodes the url parameter and shows where the link genuinely goes.

## Use the tool

Open https://ilham.dev/tools/safelink-decoder/, add the input the tool asks for, run it, and check the output before using it elsewhere.

## Input and output

- Input: text.
- Output: text.
- Category: Encoding.

## Privacy and processing
Processing happens locally in your browser. This tool does not upload the input to ilham.dev.

## Questions

### Why do SafeLinks exist?

Microsoft rewrites links in email so it can scan the destination at click time and block it later if it turns malicious. That is why the address you see is not the real one.