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Link Cleaner
Removes tracking codes from links before you share them.
Free tools that run in your browser. Nothing you type, open or create is uploaded to NerdBible or anyone else.
Links are cleaned in your browser as you paste. Nothing is opened or sent.
How to use it
- Paste a link, a list of links or a whole message into the box.
- Each link is cleaned straight away: tracking codes are removed and known redirect wrappers are unwrapped to the real address.
- Copy a single clean link, all of them, or the whole message with the clean links put back in.
Questions
What are tracking parameters?
Extra codes added after a question mark, such as utm_source, fbclid or gclid. They tell the site and advertisers where a click came from and sometimes who shared it. The page works the same without them.
Can removing them break a link?
The tool only removes codes known to be used for tracking and keeps everything else, such as a product number or a search term. If a cleaned link ever misbehaves, use the original.
Why can short links like t.co or bit.ly not be cleaned?
A short link hides the real address on the shortening service. Finding it means opening the link, which this tool never does. Open it once in a private window, then paste the address it lands on.
What does unwrapping a redirect mean?
Google results, Facebook, Reddit and others wrap outgoing links in their own address so they can log the click. When the real address is inside the wrapped link, the tool pulls it out.
About this tool
About the link cleaner
Links copied from emails, social networks, search results and shops are often padded with tracking codes such as utm_source, fbclid or gclid. They tell the site and its advertisers where the click came from, and sometimes who shared it. The page opens the same without them.
What it does
- Removes tracking parameters that are known to be used for tracking, and keeps everything else, such as a product number or a search term.
- Unwraps redirects: Google, Facebook, Reddit and others wrap outgoing links in their own address to log the click. When the real address is inside, it is pulled out.
- Handles whole messages: paste a paragraph with several links and copy it back with every link cleaned in place.
What it cannot do
Short links such as bit.ly or t.co hide the real address on the shortening service, and finding it means opening the link, which this tool never does. Open it once in a private window, then paste the address it lands on. If a cleaned link ever misbehaves, fall back to the original.
Cleaning happens in your browser; the links are never opened, sent or logged.
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