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Link cleaner

Remove trackers, spot fake sites, create links.

What it does

Removes the tracking bits that sites add to links (utm_…, fbclid, gclid, YouTube and Spotify’s si, Instagram’s igsh, Amazon’s ref and tag…), so the link you share is shorter and doesn’t say where it came from.

How

Good to know

Nothing is opened or sent: everything happens on your device. So a short link (bit.ly, t.co, amzn.to…) can’t be unfolded: open it once, then clean the address you land on. The lists cover the most common trackers; a site can always invent a new one.

Misleading addresses

Each link is also checked for tricks: letters from another alphabet that look Latin (the real address is shown), a name that imitates a known brand (paypa1, rnicrosoft), or a brand placed in front of another site (paypal.com.secure-login.xyz: the real site is secure-login.xyz). A warning is a reason to be careful, not proof; no warning is not a guarantee.

Create a link

A link with UTM tags (to see in your stats where visitors come from), a WhatsApp link that opens a chat with a ready message, a pre-filled e-mail, or an “add to calendar” event (a Google Calendar link and an .ics file for Apple and Outlook).

Free, no account, nothing is sent: it runs in your browser, even offline.

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