# URL variable removed with clicking link

**URL:** <https://connect.superhuman.com/t/url-variable-removed-with-clicking-link/51990>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Created:** [October 30, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/url-variable-removed-with-clicking-link/51990 "2024-10-30T17:57:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bradley\_Skaggs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/bradley_skaggs/32/29398_2.png) [@Bradley\_Skaggs](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Bradley_Skaggs)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/url-variable-removed-with-clicking-link/51990/1 "2024-10-30T17:57:20Z")

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Hi All,

I’ve run into a strange problem. I have a field that concatenates a form URL and adds in a hidden field. This URL is sent as part of an email message using the Gmail pack:

`https://coda.io/form/Untitled-Form_dfWrQXd7rYU?Email=bradley@myurl.com`

However, when the URL is clicked in the email, the email address portion of the string is stripped away and I can’t figure out why?

 ![CleanShot 2024-10-30 at 13.56.32@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/original/3X/1/2/12f43333ef94ec51bba83750c5d4c8539e362f17.jpeg)

What would cause this?

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**Author:** ![Felipe\_Arnhold](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/felipe_arnhold/32/44182_2.png) [@Felipe\_Arnhold](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Felipe_Arnhold)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/url-variable-removed-with-clicking-link/51990/2 "2024-10-31T12:52:22Z")

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Hello @Bradley_Skaggs

Try to encode the email to URL first and check if it works

Something like this:

Concatenate(  
“[https://coda.io/form/Untitled-Form\_dfWrQXd7rYU](https://coda.io/form/Untitled-Form_dfWrQXd7rYU)”,  
“?Email=”, EncodeForUrl(“[bradley@myurl.com](mailto:bradley@myurl.com)”)  
)

Best regards  
Arnhold

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**Author:** ![Bradley\_Skaggs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/bradley_skaggs/32/29398_2.png) [@Bradley\_Skaggs](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Bradley_Skaggs)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/url-variable-removed-with-clicking-link/51990/3 "2024-11-05T18:30:05Z")

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Thanks. It’s definitely an encoding issue. I decided to change the variable to the row number and it worked. Thanks for taking the time to reply!

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/system/32/24484_2.png) [@system](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/url-variable-removed-with-clicking-link/51990/4 "2025-02-03T18:30:24Z")

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