Strip the tracking out of a link before you share it
When you copy a link from Instagram, Amazon or an email, you are almost never copying just the link: a tag rides along that says where you came from and, often, who you are. Paste the URL here and we hand it back clean, telling you what came off and why.
Everything happens in your browser
Cleaned as you type. None of this is sent to any server.
What this does NOT do
- It does not shorten links or resolve shorteners. Finding out where a bit.ly points means asking bit.ly, which would tell it you were interested.
- It does not hide your IP address. The destination site still sees where you are connecting from.
- It cannot know what a site does with the parameters we leave. We only remove the ones we know are tracking.
- If the link is private in itself (an invite, a shared document), cleaning it does not make it any less private.
This tool runs entirely inside your browser. There is nothing to upload, so there is nothing we can see, store or lose. You can disconnect from the internet and it will still work.
Frequently asked questions
What is fbclid, and why does it appear at the end of links?
fbclid is Facebook’s click identifier: it does not say "somebody came from Facebook", it says "they came from this specific click". It is the part that surprises people, because if you copy the link as-is and forward it, whoever opens it is associated with your original click. Google uses gclid, Microsoft msclkid and TikTok ttclid for the same purpose.
What are utm parameters in a URL?
They are tags added by analytics tools to record which campaign, email or social network a visit arrived through: utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign and several more. They measure advertising and are not needed for the page to work. Removing them does not change what opens.
Can someone tell that I was the person who shared a link?
With some parameters, yes. Click identifiers and newsletter subscriber IDs — mc_eid, for example, which corresponds to your email address within a mailing list — are tied to one specific person. Share the link without cleaning it and you share that identifier along with it.
Can removing parameters break a link?
That is why this tool is conservative. It removes only parameters known to be tracking, and leaves untouched anything that might be needed: searches, page numbers, language, video timestamps. A generic parameter like "ref" is kept except on sites where it is documented as tracking, such as Amazon.
Why do you not resolve shortened links like bit.ly?
Because finding out would mean asking bit.ly, and that request would tell it somebody is interested in that link: exactly the kind of leak this tool exists to prevent. We do unwrap the middlemen whose destination travels inside the URL itself, such as the Facebook or Google result redirectors, because that can be resolved without asking anyone.