What people see when a QR code is paused, expired or used up
1 min read · Updated 17 Oct 2026
The pages LinkVault shows instead of your destination, and how to replace them with your own.
For: EveryoneDifficulty: Easy⏱ 2 min
Step by step
- Paused — “Temporarily unavailable. The owner has paused this code.”
- Not started yet, or saved as a draft — “This QR code isn’t live yet”, with the start date when there is one.
- Expired — “This QR code has expired”, or your own message.
- Scan limit reached — “This QR code is no longer available”, or your own message.
- Deleted — “This QR code isn’t active.”
- Disabled — “This QR code has been disabled.” LinkVault switches off codes that are used for phishing or other abuse; contact support if you think that is a mistake.
Tips
- Set When the code is paused to send people to your own page instead. Paused, expired and used-up codes all use it.
- These pages are never indexed by search engines and never cached by the phone, so a code that comes back on works straight away.