# CleanLinks

> CleanLinks converts redirect links to normal links: - http://www.foobar.com/track=ftp://gnu.org ➠ ftp://gnu.org - http://example.com/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nb29nbGUuY29t ➠ http://www.google.com CleanLinks also removes tracking parameters (utm\_\*, etc.)

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/clean-links-webext](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clean-links-webext)

## Overview

- **ID:** `clean-links-webext`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cimbali
- **Category:** privacy-security,other
- **Daily users:** 98
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 3.65 / 5 (37 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.2.3
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-08
- **First published:** 2018-05-13
- **Size:** 308 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clean-links-webext/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Cimbali/CleanLinks](https://github.com/Cimbali/CleanLinks)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clean-links-webext/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clean-links-webext/privacy/)

## Description

CleanLinks is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your online privacy by automatically detecting and bypassing redirect links that track your movement across websites. It cleans URLs by removing tracking parameters like utm_* and fbclid, ensuring you browse without being monitored unnecessarily. The extension also adds a convenient “Copy clean link” option to your right-click menu, allowing you to share links without embedded trackers.

Unlike similar tools, CleanLinks uniquely detects embedded URLs within redirect links, offering more comprehensive privacy protection. Users can manage and edit cleaning rules locally, with an accessible history feature to review cleaned links. While providing robust privacy features, CleanLinks may occasionally break legitimate website redirects, but includes easy manual whitelisting to restore website functionality. This tool is ideal for anyone looking to secure their browsing experience by eliminating unwelcome tracking and speeding up page loads.

## Rankings

- #11,686 — Overall
- #38 — broken links
- #51 — links
- #125 — cleaner

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardWrite`
- `contextMenus`
- `alarms`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `https://publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- `*`
- ``

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clean-links-webext)