Copy Real Url

Provides an option to copy the real link on Google Search, Yahoo Search, Facebook Chat and Hangouts instead of redirecting url

Copy Real Url - Clean Up Your URLs Instantly

'Copy Real Url' is a useful Chrome extension that helps you copy the real, non-redirecting URLs instead of the lengthy redirection URLs from Google Search, Yahoo Search, Facebook Chat, Hangouts and Google Image Search. It helps you get clean, source URLs instantly, enhancing your browsing experience.
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Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.15
(33)
Version: 0.0.6 (Last updated: 2016-03-13)
Creation date: 2016-03-12
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • clipboardWrite
Size: 41.11K

Other platforms

Copy to Clipboard (v1.1)
4.04 (1,313) 268,281+
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

In google search results and facebook chat, the links(urls) present are the redirection urls. This can be a headache when using chrome's Copy Link Address in the right click menu. This extension provides an addition option in the menu Copy real link. When you click on it, the real link(url) is copied into the clipboard instead of the redirecting url.

The extension also does wonders for copying Google Image Search urls. You get the actual clean source image url instead of the cached version(and obfuscated url)

Example shown on screenshot for google search

Using default Copy Link Address

https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCMQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLed_Zeppelin&ei=DFHnU8_mK4Hi8AXqpIDAAg&usg=AFQjCNHIjSJNblTZM7fbhcTkrPNp14SnKw&sig2=L95WqCRVToubyMsGNnBFWg&bvm=bv.72676100,d.dGc

Using the Copy real link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin

Similarly for Facebook Chat links, Using Copy Link Address

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Useful for copying real URLs
  • Does not modify actual redirection URLs
  • Very helpful for research and reports
Cons
  • Does not support all websites, such as YouTube and Google News
  • Inserts an ad block on pages after some time
  • Does not remove the redirection/tracking URL
Most mentioned
  • Great tool
  • Very useful
  • Does what it says
User reviews
Через некторое врем вставляет к старницам блок рекламы
by dmitry ushakov, 2022-12-18

Работает, но только на определённых сайтах. В ютубе не работает.

Works great.
by c g, 2021-04-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Copy Real Url requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Copy Real Url has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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