# Facebook™ Direct Links

> Remove the redirect links from Facebook's external links

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `facebook-direct-links`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Daniele Mte90 Scasciafratte
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 115
- **Rating:** 4.15 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.6
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-06
- **First published:** 2016-12-20
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/facebook-direct-links/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Mte90/facebook-direct-links](https://github.com/Mte90/facebook-direct-links)

## Description

**Facebook™ Direct Links** is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience on Facebook by removing the redirect links that Facebook uses to track clicks on external links. As of April 2023, Facebook changed its link tracking to mostly server-side, so this extension now works primarily on external links embedded directly in posts (not previews).

This extension quickly and efficiently blocks the typical redirect behavior, allowing users to navigate directly to the external URLs without being tracked by Facebook's redirection system. If you want a faster, privacy-friendly way to access links on Facebook, Facebook™ Direct Links is an ideal tool to have installed.

## Rankings

- #10,860 — Overall
- #26 — direct link
- #48 — facebook
- #64 — links
- #83 — broken links
- #141 — redirect

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*.facebook.com`
- `*.facebookwkhpilnemxj7asaniu7vnjjbiltxjqhye3mhbshg7kx5tfyd.onion`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: facebook.com, facebookwkhpilnemxj7asaniu7vnjjbiltxjqhye3mhbshg7kx5tfyd.onion
- 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/facebook-direct-links)