# Handle External Links

> Prevents external links on all sites from opening directly. Instead, shows a popup with the link and a copy button. Useful for Firefox PWAs where clicking external URLs would otherwise replace your current app window, which isn't great for an app.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `handle-external-links`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** HarshRaj2717
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-24
- **First published:** 2025-07-08
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/handle-external-links/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/HarshRaj2717/handle-external-links](https://github.com/HarshRaj2717/handle-external-links)

## Description

handle-external-links
<blockquote>TLDR: handle-external-links extension for firefox - disables default behaviour of an external url click on all sites and provides a popup to copy the url instead.</blockquote>
This extension is <strong>made mainly with Firefox PWA in mind</strong> - I have faced this issue that I am using some site as a firefox PWA, say discord, and someone sends me a URL which I want to open but I click on that <strong>external URL and it runs in the same window closing discord, which is not something you ever want</strong> from an app. Hence, this extension disables this default behaviour for external links on all sites and shows a popup to copy the URL instead.

## Rankings

- #115,847 — Overall
- #19 — handle

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `activeTab`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/handle-external-links)