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Thpaste started with one promise: paste something, get a short link, done. It still does exactly that in a few seconds — but behind that simple box there's now a full toolkit for writing beautiful documents, sharing privately, reaching readers in their own language and growing an audience. This tour walks through every feature, what it's good for and where to find it.
Start in seconds — no account needed
Open thpaste.com/new, write or paste your content and press Publish paste. That's it: you get a short link you can drop into a chat, an email, a forum post or a QR code.
- 1Write or paste
Type straight into the editor or paste from anywhere — formatting from Word, Google Docs or a web page comes along, cleaned up.
- 2Pick who can see it
Unlisted (only people with the link) is the default. Add a password or an expiry if you like.
- 3Publish and share
You land on your new paste with its short link ready to copy.
Posting anonymously
Anonymous pastes can't be edited or deleted after you publish them, and they don't appear in any dashboard. If you want to fix typos later, see your view counts or delete something, create a free account first — it takes under a minute.
Four ways to write
Every paste has a format, and the editor changes to match it. Switch between them at any time; your text comes along.
A word-processor toolbar: fonts, sizes, colours, highlights, alignment, lists and link buttons.
Headings, tables, checklists, callout boxes and a table of contents — shown as a clean document.
Syntax highlighting, line numbers, tab indenting and a highlighted preview before you publish.
Exactly what you typed, nothing changed — perfect for logs, lists and notes.
| You're sharing… | Best format | Why |
|---|---|---|
| An announcement, invite or guide for non-technical readers | Rich text | Looks like a designed page, no symbols to learn |
| Documentation, notes, a changelog | Markdown | Structure, tables and a table of contents |
| A snippet, config file or stack trace | Code | Highlighting and line numbers make it readable |
| A list of links, a log, raw data | Plain text | Nothing is reformatted |
Read more: the rich text editor, Markdown documents and sharing code.
Decide exactly who sees it
| Setting | What it does | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Unlisted (default) | Only people with the link can open it | Almost everything |
| Public | Can also appear on your public profile and in your followers' feeds | Things you want discovered |
| Password | Readers must type the password before anything loads | Credentials, private notes |
| Burn after reading | Deleted from the server the moment it's first opened | One-time secrets |
| Expiry | Gone after 10 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week or 1 month | Temporary info |
The full guide: how to share something privately.
Made for the people reading
A paste is only as good as the experience on the other end. Readers get:
- 🌐 Translation into 133 languages, right on the page — how it works.
- 🔗 Link previews for every link, with a warning when a link looks dead and file counts for popular storage hosts — details.
- 📋 One-tap copy of the whole paste, plus a raw text version at
thpaste.com/raw/<id>. - 📱 A layout that works on phones, and a light or dark theme.
- No ads or pop-ups on pastes made with the website composer.
A free account turns pastes into a home base
With a free account, every paste you make lands in your dashboard where you can:
- ✏️ Edit the title and text of any of your pastes — the link stays the same.
- 🗑️ Delete pastes whenever you want.
- 🔗 Give a paste a custom link like
thpaste.com/s/team-handbook. - 📊 See who's reading: views, unique visitors, countries, devices and where visitors came from — paste analytics.
- 👤 Build a public profile with a photo and bio, gain followers and follow others — profiles and feed.
- ⚡ Batch create up to 20 pastes at once and add an automatic signature — batch create.
Host your images
Your free account also comes with image hosting. Open My images in your dashboard and drop in photos, screenshots or GIFs, up to 20 MB each and ten at a time. Every picture comes back with:
- 🔗 Its own page at
thpaste.com/m/…, which shows the picture itself when you share the link. - 🖼️ A direct link to the file, ready for anywhere that displays pictures.
- 🧩 Embed codes in Markdown, HTML and BBCode for READMEs, websites and forums.
You can also add pictures right in the paste composer — upload them, or add a picture from any site by its address. They show under your text or make up the whole paste, and in a Markdown paste you can place them inside the text. Or switch the composer's Pictures section to Just host them for links and codes without making a paste.
Phone photos are turned the right way up and stripped of their camera location data in your browser, before they're uploaded, and GIFs stay animated. Everything you upload stays in one gallery, where you can copy a code again or delete a picture in a click. Upload your first picture.
For creators
When your pastes pass 1,000 views in total, you unlock Creator Mode: a Creator badge across the site, a direct line to the team, and the option to earn from your pastes with your own Linkvertise account. Everything about Creator Mode.
Security you can turn up
Protect your account with two-factor authentication using any authenticator app, keep 10 one-time recovery codes, and sign out every device with one button if something looks wrong. Account security guide.
For developers
Everything you can do on the website, you can automate: create, list, edit and delete pastes, and pull your analytics, with a clean JSON API and up to 10 keys per account. Get started with the API.
Frequently asked questions
Is Thpaste free?
Yes. Creating pastes, accounts, analytics, image hosting, profiles and the API are all free.
How big can a paste be?
Up to 512 KB of text — roughly half a million characters, or a few hundred pages.
Do I need an account?
No. You only need one to edit or delete pastes later, see analytics or use the API.
Can I upload pictures?
Yes, with a free account: JPEG, PNG, GIF or WebP up to 20 MB each, from My images in your dashboard or the Pictures section of the paste composer. Add them to a paste, or just host them and get a page link, a direct link and embed codes.
Can search engines find my paste?
Paste pages ask search engines not to index them, and unlisted pastes are only reachable by people who have the link.
