Copy link

Google Maps’ “Copy link” action creates a shareable Google Maps URL for the map or place currently selected, so you can send that map or place to someone else.^1,2

On a computer, Google places the control in this sequence: Share or embed map → Send a link → Copy link. Google describes that branch as sharing a link through email or text. Embed a map → Copy HTML is a separate branch for putting a map on a web page.¹ The Google Maps URL documentation describes Maps URLs as cross-platform links that launch Google Maps and display map or place details.²

On Android and iPhone or iPad, Google’s current Help path uses the label Share: search for a place or drop a pin, tap the place name or address, tap Share, and choose an app.^3,4 The cited mobile steps do not name a Copy link control.

The copied URL is not a Place ID. Google uses a Place ID as a textual identifier for a place in the Google Places database and on Google Maps, including in supported Maps Platform API requests.⁵ It is also not a review-request link: Google gives that link the narrower purpose of helping customers leave reviews through the Business Profile’s Read Reviews → Get more reviews path.⁶ An existing short-name URL such as g.page/[yourcustomname] is another kind of profile destination. Google says existing short names and URLs still work, but new short names cannot be created or edited.⁷

Google Maps uses the Copy link label in its sharing interface, and Google’s Help page documents it as part of that flow. The related answer on getting a Google Business Profile URL covers the complete customer-facing sharing task; this entry defines the control itself.

Sources

1. Google Maps Help, “Share, send, or print directions from Google Maps”: Google Maps sharing instructions (read 2026-10-20).

2. Google Maps Platform, “Get Started”: Google Maps URLs documentation (last updated 2026-10-16 UTC; read 2026-10-20).

3. Google Maps Help, “Share, send, or print directions from Google Maps - Android phone & tablet”: Share a place on Android (read 2026-10-20).

4. Google Maps Help, “Share, send, or print directions from Google Maps - iPhone & iPad”: Share a place on iPhone or iPad (read 2026-10-20).

5. Google Maps Platform, “Place IDs”: Place ID documentation (last updated 2026-10-16 UTC; read 2026-10-20).

6. Google Business Profile Help, “Create a Google link or QR code to request reviews”: Review-link guidance (read 2026-10-20).

7. Google Business Profile Help, “Manage your business short name & URL”: Short-name guidance (read 2026-10-20).