Linktree QR Code: Make One Free (And What Breaks It)

Yes. Linktree includes a free QR code on every plan, Free included. Open the Links page, click Share, choose My Linktree QR code, download a PNG or SVG. The part almost nobody gets right is durability: Linktree's own code keeps working after you change your username, while a code you generate yourself in any other tool does not.

Need one right now, for any link? Linkero's free QR code generator builds one in the browser: paste a URL, pick the colours, drop a logo in the middle, download the PNG. No account and no watermark. Read the handle section below before you send anything to a printer.

How do I get my Linktree QR code?

This is the path Linktree documents, and it is the same on every plan including Free:

1. Go to the Links page under My Linktree.
2. Click the Share button (top right of the Admin).
3. Select My Linktree QR code from the options.
4. Choose PNG (raster, best for social and web) or SVG (vector, best for print, signage, embroidery, anything that gets resized).
5. Scan the downloaded file with your own phone before you use it anywhere.

Two things worth knowing before you assume it is all free. Customising the code needs Pro or Premium. And seeing how many people scanned it needs a paid plan too: Linktree puts scan counts in the Insights tab under Visitors, available on Starter, Pro and Premium. On Free you can download the code, but you cannot measure it.

Those steps are quoted from Linktree's own help centre, not reconstructed from a screenshot. If your screen does not match, Linktree has moved the button.

How do I generate a QR code for a link that isn't a Linktree?

Linktree's generator only ever encodes your Linktree, and its landing page asks you to sign up first. For anything else you need a standalone generator.

Ours is free and needs no account. It handles URLs, text, email addresses, phone numbers and WiFi credentials, at three sizes up to 400px, with foreground and background colours and an optional centre logo. It exports PNG, so if you need vector artwork for large-format print, Linktree's own SVG download is the better source. Bitly, QRStuff and QRcode-tiger all do roughly the same job. What none of us tell you is the next section.

Do Linktree QR codes expire?

No. A Linktree QR code has no expiry date. Print it, ship it, hand it out for years, and the code itself never stops being valid.

"Expiring" usually means one of two things: a dynamic code a vendor switches off when a trial ends, or a URL that stops resolving. Linktree charges nothing for the code and puts no renewal on it, so the first risk does not apply. The second one does.

What happens to your QR code if you change your Linktree handle?

Nothing, if Linktree made the code. Everything, if you did.

Linktree's help centre is explicit: "QR codes you create through Linktree link to a unique URL, not your username. If you change your username, any QR codes you've made here will keep working, so you won't need to download a new one." The code points at a stable internal address, and Linktree resolves that to whatever your profile is called today.

The same article names the exception: "The only exception is if you've made your own QR code that points directly to your old URL (linktr.ee/yourusername). In that case, you'll need to update it to your new username."

That inverts the usual advice, so read it twice. A code you generated by pasting linktr.ee/yourname into Bitly, QRStuff or our tool is static: it encodes the text of the old URL. Rename yourself and every printed copy points at a handle you no longer own, which is worse than a dead link, because someone else can claim it. Linktree limits username changes to once every seven days, which tells you it expects people to do this.

So the practical rule when the code is going on something physical:

• Staying on Linktree? Use Linktree's own download. The indirection is the feature.
• Rolling your own styled version? Only if you are confident the handle is permanent.
• Not sure you are staying? Point the code at a domain you own, and the question disappears.

One honest gap: Linktree documents the rename case and nothing else. Whether that internal address keeps resolving after you delete the account is not stated anywhere we can find, so we are not going to guess for you.

Can Linktree generate a QR code for free, or does it need Pro?

The code is free. The styling is not.

Plan	Monthly	QR download	Customisation	Scan analytics
Free	$0	Yes	No	No
Starter	$8	Yes	No	Yes
Pro	$15	Yes	Yes	Yes
Premium	$35	Yes	Yes	Yes

Customisation on Pro and Premium means exactly three controls, reached through Links, Share, My Linktree QR code, Customize: a colour picker or HEX value, a toggle to hide the Linktree logo, and an upload for your own centre logo. That is the documented list, so treat any roundup promising corner shapes or dot patterns with suspicion.

If a branded code is the only reason you are eyeing an upgrade, style one for your linktr.ee URL in a free tool instead and keep the handle permanent. If you want the rest of the bundle, our Linktree Free vs Pro breakdown prices it, and Linktree pricing 2026 covers the November 2025 increases.

Linktree is also testing a Digital Card, a wallet pass carrying a QR to your profile that saves to Apple or Google Wallet. It is explicitly a beta and not available to every account yet, so do not build an event around it.

What if you want a QR code that doesn't say linktr.ee?

Linktree offers no custom domain on any plan. Its help centre puts it plainly: "We don't offer the option to use a custom domain to replace the linktr.ee URL. We also don't provide developer tools for setting up domain forwarding."

For a QR that encodes a URL you own, you need a tool that supports custom domains. Beacons includes one on Creator at $10 a month. Linkero, which is ours, includes custom domain on both paid plans at $10 and $49 a month, so we are hardly neutral here; the point stands whichever you pick. Beacons vs Linktree covers that swap, and our custom domain guide has the DNS setup.

For print this is the whole argument: a domain you own is the one address that survives changing tools. New to all of this? Start with how to make a Linktree, then decide where the code should point.

FAQ

How do I generate a QR code for a link? Paste the URL into a generator, pick a size, and download. Ours does it free with no account. For a link that might change later, point the code at a domain you control instead of a platform URL.

Is a Linktree link free? Yes. The Free plan gives you a linktr.ee/username page with unlimited links, plus the QR code. Selling through it costs 12% on the free tier.

Where do I find my Linktree link? It is your username on the end of linktr.ee, and it sits behind the same Share button as the QR code in your Admin.

Can I put a Linktree QR code on a business card? Yes, and Linktree's own code is the safer choice for print because it survives a rename. If the card is meant to last years, a custom domain is safer still.

I already printed codes and want to leave Linktree. Keep the account alive on Free as a redirect target and point new codes at a domain you own. Our migration guide walks the move, and the privacy notice explainer covers what changed on the page those codes open.

The short version

Need a code for your Linktree: Links, Share, My Linktree QR code, download. Free plan works, and it will survive a rename.

Need one for anything else, or a styled one without paying $15 a month: use a free generator, but only if the URL is permanent.

Putting it on something you cannot reprint: the question was never the QR. It is whether you own the address it opens.