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title: "Links are not working in my test email"
description: "Find out how to make links work in a test email"
url: https://helpcenter.smartlead.ai/en/articles/124-links-are-not-working-in-my-test-email
collection: "Creating Email Campaigns"
updated: 2026-10-19
language: en
---

# Links are not working in my test email

Find out how to make links work in a test email

Unsubscribe Links As well as Other Link Click rates do not work during a test email. This is with intention. It is setup this way to prevent you from running false positive unsubscribes or link clicks as a result hurting/burning a lead.  
  
If you truly want to test the effectiveness of the unsubscribe, create a test email sequence, add one of your own email accounts as a lead. Send a test campaign, and you will see the unsubscribe link work well in an actual campaign.  
  
The test email functionalities goal is to help you with verifying copy and formatting.