# Referee

> Remove tracking refs from URLs and copy them to your clipboard.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `referee`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** adlondon
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-18
- **First published:** 2020-05-17
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/referee/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/adlondon/referee](https://github.com/adlondon/referee)

## Description

Referee is a Firefox add-on that allows users to easily remove tracking refs from URLs when sharing links, making them more anonymous. With support for popular websites such as Facebook, Amazon, and Ebay (US), Referee ensures that your shared links are free from any unwanted tracking references. Even for unsupported URLs, Referee will make its best guess at removing the refs. Copy the clean URL to your clipboard and share it confidently with friends and family.

## Rankings

- #103,694 — Overall
- #225 — reference

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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