# Link Cleaner

> Clean URLs that are about to be visited: - removes utm\_\* parameters - on item pages of aliexpress and amazon, removes tracking parameters - skip redirect pages of facebook, steam and reddit

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `link-cleaner`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Erwan Ameil
- **Category:** privacy-security,shopping
- **Daily users:** 2,041
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 3.91 / 5 (114 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.6resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-02-27
- **Size:** 9.17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-cleaner/)

## Description

**Link Cleaner** is a powerful Chrome extension designed to improve your browsing experience by cleaning URLs before you visit them. It automatically removes utm_* tracking parameters, strips tracking details from Amazon and AliExpress item pages, and bypasses redirect pages on platforms like Facebook, Steam, and Reddit. This helps protect your privacy and ensures faster, direct access to the content you want.

Unlike other tools, Link Cleaner operates without injecting JavaScript into pages. It instead listens to main URL requests to seamlessly remove unwanted tracking and redirects. The extension is open-source and licensed under GPLv3, ensuring transparency and community trust. With Link Cleaner, enjoy cleaner links, improved privacy, and a smoother web experience.

## Rankings

- #2,165 — Overall
- #86 — Shopping
- #3 — cleaner
- #10 — usb
- #32 — broken links
- #73 — links

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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

Users report Link Cleaner can guard privacy on Amazon and works on mobile, and there is positive sentiment about improving browsing safety. However, multiple reviews note inconsistent performance and that it fails to remove several common tracking parameters (notably Facebook fbclid), suggesting the extension is unreliable or incomplete.

### Pros

- Protects privacy on Amazon links by blocking tracking; also works on Firefox mobile.
- Works on Firefox mobile, expanding usability to mobile users.
- Positive impact on browsing privacy; users feel it helps make the internet safer.

### Cons

- Inconsistent functionality; some users report it doesn't work as advertised or fails on certain sites.
- Does not remove key Facebook tracking parameters (such as fbclid and related) as expected.

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