# Alternative Copy > Copies a shortened shareable link of the current tab's address to the clipboard (default: Alt+C, mac: Option+C). Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/alternative-copy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/alternative-copy) ## Overview - **ID:** `alternative-copy` - **Platform:** Firefox - **Type:** Firefox add-on - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Ehryk - **Category:** web-development,tabs - **Daily users:** 2 - **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings) - **Version:** 2.5 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-26 - **First published:** 2024-04-19 - **Size:** 17 KB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-09 - **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/alternative-copy/) ## Description This extension copies a shareable URL of the current tab to your clipboard. Many sites include long irrelevant strings of text in the URL bar that include tracking and advertising data that aren't friendly to share. Clicking the icon or pressing Alt+C will activate this extension, and the keyboard shortcut can be changed in your browser's extensions page. Defaults to Option+C for macOS. This extension removes the query string and hashtag / fragment, and will further remove irrelevant data on supported sites to get to a short URL more appropriate for sharing. A brief OK or ERR badge on the toolbar icon confirms whether the copy succeeded. Sites currently supported for enhanced shortening: For file:// urls that are on your local hard drive, Alternative Copy will put the native path string into the clipboard, and will surround the path with quotes if it contains any spaces. For example, file:///C:/Projects/AlternativeCopy/test/Test%20File%20URL.txt would copy as "C:\Projects\AlternativeCopy\test\Test File URL.txt" (windows), and file:///Temp/AlternativeCopy/TestFile.txt would copy as /Temp/AlternativeCopy/TestFile.txt (linux, BSD, macOS). On Chrome, enable "Allow access to file URLs" on the extension's details page to use this with pages opened from disk. ## Rankings - #60,282 — Overall - #113 — walmart - #129 — hashtag - #186 — aliexpress - #192 — fragment ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `clipboardWrite` - `activeTab` ## Safety - **Risk impact:** Low risk impact - **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood ### Analysis details - Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk. - This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe. > Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing). ## Similar extensions and apps - [Copy ShortURL](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-shorturl) — 2,421 users, 4.56 / 5 - [Copy current URL shortcut](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-current-url-shortcut) — 18 users - [Arc Like Copy Link](https://chrome-stats.com/d/arc-like-copy-link) — 8 users, 3.67 / 5 - [Simple URL Copy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-url-copy) — 91 users - [Fast Copy Links](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fast-copy-links) — 487 users, 4.74 / 5 - [Copy url to clipboard](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-url-to-clipboard-easy) — 1 users - [Quick Copy & Highlight](https://chrome-stats.com/d/quick-copy-highlight) — 1 users - [Copy URL to Clipboard](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-url-to-clipboard) — 20 users - [Quick Copy URL](https://chrome-stats.com/d/quick-copy-url) — 161 users, 4.89 / 5 - [URL Shortener Clipboard](https://chrome-stats.com/d/url-shortener-clipboard3) - [Smart Copy: Title & URL](https://chrome-stats.com/d/smart-copy-title-url) — 1 users - [Quick URL Copy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/quick-url) — 13 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/alternative-copy)