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description: If you're using your flow’s web address (URL) to share your flow, you can customize what happens when the flow ends, and you can send variable values to the flow in the URL.
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# Additional Options for Launching a Flow Using its URL

If you're using your flow’s web address (URL) to share your flow, you can customize what happens when the flow ends, and you can send variable values to the flow in the URL.

### Required Editions

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Note You don't need to be an admin to have the Manage Flow permission. Ask your admin to add it to your profile or permission set.

- **[Customize a Flow URL to Control Finish Behavior](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_distribute_internal_url_returl.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    By default, after a user finishes a screen flow, the screen flow redirects the user to the first screen. If you want to redirect users to another page within Salesforce when they click **Finish**, use the retURL parameter in the flow URL.
- **[Choosing Between Lightning and Non-Lightning Flow URL Formats](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_distribute_internal_url_lightning_vs_lightning_out.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When you run a screen flow from a URL, you can choose between using Lightning or the non-Lightning URL format, which uses Lightning Out. We recommend using Lightning for a faster, more consistent experience. However, there are times when you need to use the non-Lightning format.
- **[Send Variable Values to a Flow Using the Flow's URL](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_distribute_internal_url_variable.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When you distribute a flow by using a URL, you can set variables values within that flow by using parameters in the URL.

#### See Also

- [Distribute Flows to Users Outside Your Org](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_distribute_external.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Let external users run your flow by adding the flow to an Experience Builder site, an external app or page, or an Embedded Service deployment. For finer control over how your flow behaves in external contexts, use a custom Aura component or Visualforce page. Flows in custom Aura components use Lightning runtime, and flows in Visualforce pages use Classic runtime.")
- [Add a Screen Flow to an Authenticated Experience Cloud Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_distribute_external_community.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To add a screen flow to a page on your authenticated Experience Cloud website, use an Experience Builder Flow component. Use this method if you have a customer portal or other website that requires users to log in to use.")