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QR code expired: how to fix it (and stop it happening again)

Expired QR code fix: replace trial dynamic codes with static QR codes that keep working forever after cancel. Plain steps, card-required trial.

Our Promise

Static codes on QR Promise are generated in your browser, contain your data directly, and never route through us — so they can never be deactivated.

Why codes “expire”

QR patterns do not expire by themselves. Expiration is a product choice: the company behind a dynamic redirect stops forwarding when the trial or subscription ends.

Replace the destination

Generate a new static code with QR Promise for the same final URL. Test on two phones. Print a sticker overlay if you cannot reprint the whole piece yet.

Events and weddings

If invites already went out, email or text guests the direct link while you reprint. Next time, generate the code the day you design the invite — with a static generator.

Our stance

QR Promise never puts a timer on static codes you already made. We cannot deactivate what we never host.

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