A Retrace link lets someone watch a replay of your trip in their browser. They don’t need Unroamed or an account.
Make a link
Open a trip and choose Share. Pick the photos and points to include, add a title or description if you want, and choose how long the link should last.
Check the privacy options and watch the preview before creating the link. Privacy zones leave nearby route sections out of the shared trip. You can also choose whether to include clock times and top-speed information.
Look through the included photos too. A hidden route section won’t hide a house number or someone’s face in a photo you choose to include.
Send the whole link
The long part after the # is the key that opens the Retrace. Keep it attached when you copy or send the link.
Anyone with the complete link can view the trip or forward it to someone else. Share it with people you’re comfortable showing it to.
The trip content is encrypted before upload. The title and map preview are readable on the server so messaging apps can show a link preview. Choose a generic title if you don’t want the preview to say much about the outing.
Manage your links
Open Shares in the app to find your links, check their expiration dates, extend them or delete them. Links can last 7 days, 30 days, 90 days or 1 year. Extending a live link can move its end date up to a year from today.
A shared Retrace is a snapshot of the trip when you shared it. Editing the trip afterward doesn’t update the link. To share your changes, make a new link and delete the old one if you no longer want it available.
Deleting a share stops people opening it through the website. It can’t take back screenshots, copies or previews they already have.
If you lose your phone
Your links still expire on schedule. The controls needed to extend or delete them are saved on your phone and in your Unroamed backups.
If you can’t restore a backup and need a share removed, use the contact form and choose the deletion topic. Include the complete link. That also lets the operator open the Retrace, so only send it if you’re comfortable with that.
If a link won’t open
First, check that you have the complete link, including everything after the #. The share may also have expired or been deleted. If the page reports a connection problem, try again when you have a working internet connection.
Report a problem
Use Report at the bottom of a Retrace page and choose a reason. Before you send it, the page explains that the report includes the complete link so the operator can review the content. Reporting doesn’t automatically hide the share.
You can also send a message through Contact. For more detail about sharing and information handling, read the Privacy Policy.