# Link Cleaner+

> Clean URLs before opening a link, removes trackers, rewrites redirects pages such as of Amazon, Facebook, Steam, Reddit (more to come!) and AMP urls.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `link-cleaner-plus`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** hahaha
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 780
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 4.39 / 5 (18 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.7.5
- **Last updated:** 2022-07-30
- **First published:** 2019-08-18
- **Size:** 138 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-cleaner-plus/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/apiraino/link\_cleaner](https://github.com/apiraino/link_cleaner)

## Description

Link Cleaner+ is a powerful Chrome extension designed to automatically clean URLs before you open them. It removes tracking parameters, rewrites redirect URLs from popular sites like Amazon, Facebook, Steam, and Reddit, and also simplifies AMP URLs. This extension enhances your browsing experience by protecting your privacy and speeding up page loads, without requiring any manual intervention. With ongoing updates planned, Link Cleaner+ aims to support even more sites to ensure your links are as clean and direct as possible.

## Rankings

- #3,803 — Overall
- #6 — cleaner
- #52 — broken links
- #83 — links
- #115 — lead
- #218 — direct link

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `contextMenus`
- `menus`
- `storage`
- `clipboardWrite`

## 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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## Review summary

### Pros

- Works well on various sites such as AliExpress, Facebook, and Amazon
- Does not break websites unlike other similar extensions
- Provides a clean browsing experience by removing tracking links and redirects
- Fast and effective in cleaning URLs

### Cons

- Does not work on OZON according to some users
- Issues with activating certain features like redirecting to old Reddit
- Uncertainty about its effectiveness compared to similar extensions that haven't been updated

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/link-cleaner-plus)