# Webview: Open link outside the app (External browser) - Help
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [December 24, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688 "2020-12-24T07:07:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@sam\_mo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sam_mo)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/1 "2020-12-24T07:07:37Z")
Hello!
Is there a way to make Webview open links outside the app (with Safari or Chrome)?
For example by injecting JS?
Thank you guys!
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### Author:  [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/2 "2020-12-24T08:13:58Z")
You can use this:
You can find this at the bottom of the CONTROL drawer.
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### Author:  [@sam\_mo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sam_mo)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/3 "2020-12-24T08:35:03Z")
> [@codeswept](#):
>
> 
> You can find this at the bottom of the CONTROL drawer
Is it part of Webview module? I was referring to links displayed by a webview.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@luv.ak.tech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/luv.ak.tech)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/4 "2020-12-24T08:36:05Z")
to open links in app then use web viewer if you want to open links in a browser and then use the open link block
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### Author:  [@luv.ak.tech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/luv.ak.tech)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/5 "2020-12-24T08:37:36Z")
is that working for you
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### Author:  [@sam\_mo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sam_mo)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/6 "2020-12-24T09:03:58Z")
Thank you for your reply. Let me give more details:
> > The webview opens all links inside the webview itself by default. in other words, links are opened inside the Thunkable app.
My request is: To open the links (being inside a webview) in external browser (Chrome etc).
Knowing that a webview: Opens web app based on its URL.
Does is make sense?
Something like to override Webview.
```auto
@Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, WebResourceRequest request) {
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, request.getUrl());
startActivity(i);
return true;
}
```
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### Author:  [@luv.ak.tech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/luv.ak.tech)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/7 "2020-12-24T09:08:58Z")
so you are telling to open link in chrome app of device if yes then use the open link block
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### Author:  [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/8 "2020-12-24T09:25:50Z")
If you want to open the link that was inside the Web Viewer, this might work.
Happy Thunking!
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/9 "2020-12-24T19:05:46Z")
Do you mean you want to redirect within the webviewer and not in the native phone browser?
Or
You want to click a link in webviewer and be redirected to the native phone web browser?
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### Author:  [@sam\_mo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sam_mo)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/10 "2020-12-24T22:04:14Z")
> [@jared](#):
>
> You want to click a link in webviewer and be redirected to the native phone web browser?
I want to click a link in webviewer and be redirected to the native phone web browser
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### Author:  [@bitbite0073](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bitbite0073)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/11 "2021-05-24T17:57:24Z")
can someone please tell me how can i restrict a link opening in webview only?
i don’t it to be opened in mobile browser.
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### Author:  [@clayonbrown3177v](https://community.thunkable.com/u/clayonbrown3177v)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/12 "2021-05-24T18:48:13Z")
im trying to add my website but it keeps saying refuse to connect what should i do???
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### Author:  [@sketch](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sketch)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/13 "2021-05-24T19:09:15Z")
Hey @clayonbrown3177v this seems to be a different qeustion than where the original topic is about.
Could you please create a separate topic with your qeustion.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@luv.ak.tech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/luv.ak.tech)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/14 "2021-05-25T11:18:45Z")
are you testing on companion or in website thunkable creator website itself @clayonbrown3177v
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/webview-open-link-outside-the-app-external-browser-help/1041688/15 "2024-11-08T12:19:26Z")