![Dashboard share direct link](/img/docs/sharing/share-dashboard-direct-link-7-3.png)
## Use direct link
The Link tab has the current time range, template variables and theme selected by default. You can optionally select a shortened URL to share.
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You can publish snapshots to your local instance or to [snapshot.raintank.io](http://snapshot.raintank.io). The latter is a free service
provided by Grafana Labs that allows you to publish dashboard snapshots to an external Grafana instance. The same rules still apply: anyone with the link can view it. You can set an expiration time if you want the snapshot removed after a certain time period.
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Grafana dashboards can easily be exported and imported. For more information, refer to [Export and import dashboards]({{<relref"../dashboards/export-import.md">}}).
![Panel share direct link](/img/docs/sharing/share-panel-direct-link-7-3.png)
## Use direct link
The Link tab has the current time range, template variables and theme selected by default. You can optionally enable a shortened URL to share.
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You can publish snapshots to your local instance or to [snapshot.raintank.io](http://snapshot.raintank.io). The latter is a free service provided by [Raintank](http://raintank.io), that allows you to publish dashboard snapshots to an external Grafana instance. You can optionally set an expiration time if you want the snapshot to be removed after a certain time period.
1. In the Share Panel dialog, click **Snapshot** to open the tab.
1. Click on **Local Snapshot** or **Publish to snapshot.raintank.io**. This generates the link of the snapshot.
1. Copy the snapshot link, and share it either within your organization or publicly on the web.
If you created a snapshot by mistake, click **delete snapshot** to remove the snapshot from your Grafana instance.
## Embed panel
You can embed a panel using an iframe on another web site. Unless anonymous access permission is enabled, the viewer must be signed into Grafana to view the graph.