# Pure URL

> Removes garbage like "utm\_source" from URLs

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/pure-url](https://chrome-stats.com/d/pure-url)

## Overview

- **ID:** `pure-url`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** VEG
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 594
- **Rating:** 4.59 / 5 (32 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2013-08-28
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/pure-url/)

## Description

Pure URL is a Chrome extension designed to automatically remove tracking and analytics parameters such as "utm_source", "utm_medium", "utm_campaign", and others from URLs. These tracking parameters are commonly used by services like Google Analytics, Yandex Metrika, and Facebook to collect user data. By stripping out these "garbage" fields, Pure URL helps maintain user privacy and creates cleaner, more readable URLs. This extension works seamlessly in the background, ensuring that any shared or visited URLs are free from unnecessary tracking codes without any manual intervention.

With Pure URL, users can browse the web and share links without exposing tracking information, enhancing privacy and reducing clutter. It supports removal of common analytics parameters like fb_action_ids, yclid, utm_term, and more, making it an essential tool for privacy-conscious users and anyone looking to easily obtain clean URLs.

## Rankings

- #4,482 — Overall
- #11 — spyware

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

## 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

### Pros

- Simple and intuitive to use
- Effectively removes unwanted URL parameters
- Works well after many years of use

### Cons

- Does not stop suffixes from Facebook links
- Limited filtering options and configuration settings
- Lacks advanced features compared to other add-ons

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