Preview Short URLs

Stop short URL abuse by previewing the URL automatically before visiting it.

Preview Short URLs - Chrome Extension

Preview Short URLs is a Chrome extension that shows a preview page displaying the destination URL whenever you visit a shortened URL. It supports popular URL shorteners like bit.ly, bitly.com, tinyurl.com, is.gd, and goo.gl. It helps prevent short URL abuse and provides transparency and security while browsing the web.

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Extension stats

By: azelphur

Users: 289

Rating: 3.71

(7)

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2013-11-18)

Creation date: 2013-11-18

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://bit.ly/*
*://bitly.com/*
*://tinyurl.com/*
*://is.gd/*
*://goo.gl/*

Size: 11.60K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 48,253 ▲ 266

Other rankings

#4818 in Accessibility ▲ 260 #181 in url shortener keyword 9 ▼ 2 #184 in preview keyword 17 ▼ 3

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Perfect extension, just needs some updating. I might make a pull request on github sometime. This extension is different from the others on how it gets the destination url, it catches the redirect and shows you a preview of the actual url before navigating there.

Mason K, 2020-11-23

No longer functional

enam ym, 2015-05-08

this is absolutely perfect if you receive such links from irc, game clients, and instant message clients

Jordan W, 2014-01-13

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Preview Short URLs requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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