Preview ClickUp links

See live, synced link previews when you paste ClickUp links in your Workspace.

What you'll need

Task and subtask previews

When a task or subtask link is pasted in your Workspace, you will see a live preview that includes the following information:

  • Task name
  • Task type and location
  • Status
  • Assignees
  • Due date
  • Priority

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To open the task or subtask, click anywhere in the link preview.

Copy the task or subtask's link, open it in a new tab, or copy its task ID by hovering over the link preview and clicking the options in the upper-right corner.

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Comment previews

When you paste a task or Doc comment in your Workspace, you will see a live preview that includes the following information:

  • Comment author
  • Date or time posted
  • Preview of the comment's content
  • The Show more button, allowing you to expand the entire comment
  • Comment location

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To open the comment, click anywhere in the link preview.

Copy the comment's link, open it in a new tab, convert the preview to an inline link, or delete the preview by hovering over it and clicking the options in the upper-right corner.

Message previews

When you paste a Chat message in your Workspace, you will see a live preview that includes the following information:

  • Message author
  • Date or time posted
  • Preview of the message's content
  • Message location

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Click the message to open it.

You can open the message in a new tab, copy its link, revert it to a regular URL, or delete the preview by hovering over the preview and clicking the new tab icon, link icon, or ellipsis ... icon in the upper-right corner.

Location previews

When you paste a Folder or List in your Workspace, you'll see a link preview that displays its parent Space or Folder. List link previews display the number of open tasks within the List.

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Click the preview to open the location.

Doc previews

When you paste a Doc that was created at a Hierarchy location in your Workspace, you'll see a live preview that includes the following information:

  • A live, visual preview of the Doc
  • Doc name
  • Doc location
  • Date and time of last edit

Screenshot of a Doc preview.png

To open the Doc, click anywhere in the link preview.

Copy the Doc's link, open it in a new tab, convert the preview to an inline link, or delete the preview by hovering over it and clicking the options in the upper-right corner.

View previews

When you paste a view in your Workspace, you'll see a link preview that displays its location.

Click the preview to open the view.

Whiteboard previews

When you paste a Whiteboard in your Workspace, an embed is displayed. You can choose to display it as a plain link or an inline link by clicking either option after pasting the link.

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To view an embedded Whiteboard in full screen, copy its link, change how it's displayed, rename it, or delete it:

Hover over the embed and click the expand icon, link icon, or ellipsis ... icon in the upper-right corner.