# Link Tracking Tag Remover

> Removes tracking tags from links before navigating to them. Currently only removes tracking tags from Twitter links.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `link-tracking-tag-remover`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** prplecake
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-07-21
- **First published:** 2022-07-21
- **Size:** 9.55 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-06-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-tracking-tag-remover/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/prplecake/link-tracking-tag-remover/issues](https://github.com/prplecake/link-tracking-tag-remover/issues)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://*.twitter.com/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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