Mask URL from the Launch() function

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hi everyone,

Is it possible to mask/hide the URL using Launch() function? I prefer not to have my users know the documents location.

I am using the below formula on select of a button within a gallery

Launch(varDocument.'Link to item',{},LaunchTarget.New)

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Hi @nicklimcs,

Not possible as Power Apps simply passes the URL to your browser, which then opens it and displays it in the address bar). If this is a SharePoint Library, you could create a Text field (something like MaskedLink), then open SharePoint and on each file, select the "three dots" and then Copy link. You may need to go into Settings and change the access (the bottom one would be good for your purposes). You can then copy this link into the new field of each file and launch it,

The link looks something like this (so the user can only see the site name)
https://YourDomain.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/YourSite/EbRbRnzcecFMjI03DOQR7kEBtQUOeHjzwwyovBP4bcvZ6w?e=Nc4OYd

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A quick follow-up to see if you received the answer you were looking for or if you need further assistance.

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hey @WarrenBelz

Sorry for the late reply.

I did test out the solution you provided and it did not work, when I copied the link in SharePoint library, it is somehow still showing the full path of the document location.

Below is how the URL looks like

https://domain.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/teams/siteName/libraryName/documentName.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=83x5aX

The closest that I can get is by using Office365Groups.HttpRequest() to launch the document.

https://domain.sharepoint.com/teams/siteName/layouts/15/embed.aspx?uniqueId=a bunch of random characters

Thanks for the suggestion.

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