# Google Redirects Fixer & Tracking Remover

> Google uses a redirection link to track your clicks. This addon simply removes that redirection and turns every search result in its original link, saving your time and giving you more security and privacy. Please carefully read the description!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-no-tracking-url](https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-no-tracking-url)

## Overview

- **ID:** `google-no-tracking-url`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** matagus
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools,other
- **Daily users:** 1,317
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 2.93 / 5 (44 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2012-04-15
- **Size:** 148 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/google-no-tracking-url/)
- **Website:** [https://removegooglesearchredirects.uservoice.com/](https://removegooglesearchredirects.uservoice.com/)

## Description

**Google Redirects Fixer & Tracking Remover** is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing privacy and efficiency by eliminating Google's click tracking redirects. Instead of navigating through Google's redirection URLs, this addon ensures that every search result leads you directly to its original link, saving time and increasing security.

Unlike other tools that modify every link on the page (which can slow down browser performance), this extension smartly intercepts clicks or pasted URLs that contain Google redirects and corrects them in real-time. It works seamlessly across various Google services, including Google Search (any country domain), Google Blogs, News, Recipes, Images, Videos, and Alerts. Additionally, it cleans copied URLs, ensuring you share clean links without tracking parameters.

Future updates will include a toolbar button to easily toggle the extension and customizable shortcuts. This addon is actively maintained with user feedback welcomed to improve its features further.

## Rankings

- #2,885 — Overall
- #339 — Search Tools
- #9 — tracking
- #14 — bug fixes
- #51 — redirect
- #63 — direct link

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 website URL may be invalid

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## Review summary

Multiple users report that the add-on no longer reliably works, failing to remove tracking URLs on Google Search and Images, and causing issues like redirecting the Google search page when opening links in new tabs. Some users have tested network traffic and confirmed its ineffectiveness. While it once helped block Google's redirect tracking, recent reviews indicate it is mostly broken or ineffective.

### Pros

- Provides a fix to prevent Google's redirect tracking when it works.
- Helps to remove tracking URLs in Google search results when functioning properly.

### Cons

- Does not work consistently or has stopped working for many users.
- Fails to remove tracking URLs on Google search and Google Images.
- Causes errors when opening links in new tabs, redirecting the Google search page unexpectedly.
- Does not remove tracking URLs when copying links via right-click.
- Perceived as a fake or ineffective add-on by multiple users after testing.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-no-tracking-url)