
ClearURLs by Kevin R.
Removes tracking elements from URLs
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This extension will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy when browsing through the Internet.
Many websites use tracking elements in the URL (e.g. https://example.com?utm_source=newsletter1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sale) to mark your online activity. All that tracking code is not necessary for a website to be displayed or work correctly and can therefore be removed—that is exactly what ClearURLs does.
Another common example are Amazon URLs. If you search for a product on Amazon you will see a very long URL, such as: https://www.amazon.com/dp/exampleProduct/ref=sxin_0_pb?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=tea&pd_rd_i=exampleProduct&pd_rd_r=8d39e4cd-1e4f-43db-b6e7-72e969a84aa5&pd_rd_w=1pcKM&pd_rd_wg=hYrNl&pf_rd_p=50bbfd25-5ef7-41a2-68d6-74d854b30e30&pf_rd_r=0GMWD0YYKA7XFGX55ADP&qid=1517757263&rnid=2914120011
Indeed most of the above URL is tracking code. Once ClearURLs has cleaned the address, it will look like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/exampleProduct
Why use this extension as opposed to similar ones?
Most other “link cleaners” employ about a dozen rules when looking for tracking parameters to remove. ClearURLs utilizes over 250 rules, so its capabilities are more comprehensive.
And ClearURLs is open source, so everyone can join in to the project and/or can check the source code to error or malicious code.
All functions in a nutshell
What do we collect?
This extension protects and respects your privacy. We do not—and will never—collect any of your usage data.
What do I do if I have trouble?
Visit our GitLab page or check out our wiki.
Write us...
If have any suggestions or complaints, please contact us on GitLab.
Permissions
Reasoning for needed permissions can be found under here.
Contributors
Recommended by...
Changelog can be found here
Hint: To allow ClearURLs to work on restricted Mozilla domains, you've to change the values under about:config extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains to your needs.
Supported languages
English, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Taiwan), German, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Italian, Turkish, Swedish
Many websites use tracking elements in the URL (e.g. https://example.com?utm_source=newsletter1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sale) to mark your online activity. All that tracking code is not necessary for a website to be displayed or work correctly and can therefore be removed—that is exactly what ClearURLs does.
Another common example are Amazon URLs. If you search for a product on Amazon you will see a very long URL, such as: https://www.amazon.com/dp/exampleProduct/ref=sxin_0_pb?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=tea&pd_rd_i=exampleProduct&pd_rd_r=8d39e4cd-1e4f-43db-b6e7-72e969a84aa5&pd_rd_w=1pcKM&pd_rd_wg=hYrNl&pf_rd_p=50bbfd25-5ef7-41a2-68d6-74d854b30e30&pf_rd_r=0GMWD0YYKA7XFGX55ADP&qid=1517757263&rnid=2914120011
Indeed most of the above URL is tracking code. Once ClearURLs has cleaned the address, it will look like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/exampleProduct
Why use this extension as opposed to similar ones?
Most other “link cleaners” employ about a dozen rules when looking for tracking parameters to remove. ClearURLs utilizes over 250 rules, so its capabilities are more comprehensive.
And ClearURLs is open source, so everyone can join in to the project and/or can check the source code to error or malicious code.
All functions in a nutshell
- Removes tracking from URLs automatically in the background
- Blocks some common ad domains (optional)
- Has a built-in tool to clean up multiple URLs at once
- Supports redirection to the destination, without tracking services as middleman
- Adds an entry to the context menu so that links can be copied quickly and cleanly
- Blocks hyperlink auditing, also known as ping tracking
- Prevents ETag tracking
- Prevents tracking injection over history API
- Prevents Google from rewriting the search results (to include tracking elements)
- Prevents Yandex from rewriting the search results (to include tracking elements)
What do we collect?
This extension protects and respects your privacy. We do not—and will never—collect any of your usage data.
What do I do if I have trouble?
Visit our GitLab page or check out our wiki.
Write us...
If have any suggestions or complaints, please contact us on GitLab.
Permissions
Reasoning for needed permissions can be found under here.
Contributors
- Kevin Röbert (creator/developer)
- Yi-Ping Huang (translator)
- rayman89 (translator)
- Ramon Santilli (translator)
- Lucifer (translator)
- Shitennouji (translator)
- perdolka (contributor)
- Nameless (contributor)
- a-polivanchuk (translator)
- hydrargyrum (translator)
- alekksander (translator)
- Zoltan Toldy (translator)
- tartpvule (contributor)
- Giovanni (translator)
- U. Çakmak (translator)
- Sopor (translator)
- elfriob (translator)
- Nicolas (translator - website)
- Teodor Atroshenko (contributor)
Recommended by...
Changelog can be found here
Hint: To allow ClearURLs to work on restricted Mozilla domains, you've to change the values under about:config extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains to your needs.
Supported languages
English, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Taiwan), German, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Italian, Turkish, Swedish
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- Input data to the clipboard
- Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history
- Access browser tabs
- Store unlimited amount of client-side data
- Access browser activity during navigation
- Access your data for all websites
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- Version
- 1.20.0
- Size
- 876.95 KB
- Last updated
- 2 months ago (Nov 21, 2020)
- License
- GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0
- Privacy Policy
- Read the privacy policy for this add-on
- Version History
- Added Dutch translation by Harm M.
- Changed url decoding to prevent endless loop
- Performance optimizations for rules by @thexeos
- Changed default rules and hash host to Github Pages
- Changed rules changelog button href to the new rules submodule repo
- Updated various translations - thanks to all contributors
- Fixed #664 (also #739, #740)
- Changed url decoding to prevent endless loop
- Performance optimizations for rules by @thexeos
- Changed default rules and hash host to Github Pages
- Changed rules changelog button href to the new rules submodule repo
- Updated various translations - thanks to all contributors
- Fixed #664 (also #739, #740)
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The source code is available under: https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls