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The QR code type decides what happens when someone scans your code: open a website, show a PDF, start a WhatsApp chat, join a WiFi network and more. GetQR has 15 types, and you pick one in the first step of the QR code builder.

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All types

The types appear in this order in the builder. Website is marked Most used.

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How to choose

Send people to a link

Use Website for one page. Use Multi-Link or Social Media for several links. Use Feedback, Payment or App Link when the link has that specific purpose.

Share a file

Use PDF for documents, Image for photos and galleries, and Video for a video file. You upload the file to GetQR, so you don’t need to host it.

Start a conversation

Use WhatsApp, SMS or Email. People scan and the message is ready to send.

Share details

Use vCard for contact details, Location for an address and WiFi for network access.

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Dynamic and static codes

Every type except WiFi is a dynamic QR code. The code holds a GetQR short link, not your content. That means you can:
  • change the content after you print the code, and the printed code keeps working,
  • see scans in analytics,
  • protect the code with a password.
A WiFi QR code holds the network details in the code itself, so a phone can join without opening a browser. Scans aren’t tracked, and if you change the WiFi details, the pattern changes and you need to reprint the code. See WiFi QR code.

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Change the type later

You can change the type of a QR code after you create it.
1

Open your QR codes

Click My QR Codes in the sidebar.
2

Open the QR code menu

Find the QR code and open its menu.
3

Change the type

Click Change QR Type. The builder opens on the type step.
4

Pick a new type

Click the new type. The content form for that type opens.
5

Add the new content

Fill in the form, then click Next.
6

Save

Click Save changes.
Switching to or from WiFi changes the QR code pattern, so codes you already printed stop matching. Switching between other types keeps the same short link, so printed codes keep working.

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Common issues

Pick the closest link-based type. Most needs fit Website (any URL) or Multi-Link (several links on one page).
Changing the type in the builder clears the content you entered for the previous type. Only the QR code name is kept.
WiFi codes connect the phone directly to the network and never pass through GetQR, so scans can’t be counted.

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What’s next

Create your first QR code

Design your QR code

Create QR codes in bulk

Read your analytics