Examples:
- utm_* removal:
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2017/03/07/welcome-to-the-grid/?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email
is changed to:
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2017/03/07/welcome-to-the-grid/
- amazon item url:
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Type-C-USB-Male-Cable/dp/B01GGKYQ02/ref=sr_1_1?s=amazonbasics&srs=10112675011&ie=UTF8&qid=1489067885&sr=8-1&keywords=usb-c
is changed to:
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Type-C-USB-Male-Cable/dp/B01GGKYQ02/
- facebook redirect:
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/&h=ATP1kf98S0FxqErjoW8VmdSllIp4veuH2_m1jl69sEEeLzUXbkNXrVnzRMp65r5vf21LJGTgJwR2b66m97zYJoXx951n-pr4ruS1osMvT2c9ITsplpPU37RlSqJsSgba&s=1
is changed to
https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/
- reddit redirect:
https://out.reddit.com/t3_5pq7qd?url=https://internethealthreport.org/v01/&token=AQAAZV6JWHBBnIcVjV1wvxVg5gKyCQQSdUhGIvuEUmdPZhxhm8kH&app_name=reddit.com
is changed to:
https://internethealthreport.org/v01/
- steam redirect
https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://getfedora.org/
is changed to:
https://getfedora.org/
Comparison to other addons
Unlike a plugin like the (outdated) CleanLinks, Link Cleaner doesn't inject
JavaScript into pages to change links.
Instead, it listens to main url requests and changes them to remove redirects
or tracking.
License
Released under the GPLv3 license
- License: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
- Weekly downloads: 13
- Average daily users: 3388
- Rating: 3.9455/5 of 110 ratings
- Created: 2017-02-27 12:30:51
- Last updated: 2017-06-26 13:28:16
- Homepage: https://github.com/idlewan/link_cleaner
- Support site and email
- Orig: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/link-cleaner/
- API: {6d85dea2-0fb4-4de3-9f8c-264bce9a2296}