# Google Link Cleaner

> Google Link Cleaner add-on.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-link-cleaner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-link-cleaner)

## Overview

- **ID:** `google-link-cleaner`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** def00111
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 90
- **Rating:** 4.17 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-05-09
- **Size:** 9.49 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/google-link-cleaner/)

## Description

Google Link Cleaner is a Chrome extension designed to streamline your browsing experience by extracting the actual URLs from complex Google and Yahoo search result links. Instead of loading the unwieldy redirected URLs, this add-on cancels the load of the original search link and opens the clean, direct destination link instantly. It uses regular expressions to detect and parse the correct URLs embedded within Google and Yahoo search result redirects, providing a more efficient and privacy-friendly navigation. This extension is particularly helpful for users who want to avoid unnecessary tracking parameters and redirects commonly added in search engine results.

With Google Link Cleaner, you get a seamless way to jump directly to the desired webpage without extra steps or delays. It's ideal for users concerned about privacy, speed, and link clarity when browsing search results in Google and Yahoo.

## Rankings

- #12,145 — Overall
- #26 — cleaner
- #208 — broken links
- #229 — google keep
- #237 — google docs
- #239 — yahoo

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`
- `notifications`
- `alarms`
- `tabs`
- `storage`

## 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/google-link-cleaner)