ClearUrls
By KevinRoebert
ClearURLs-Addon
ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy. (by ClearURLs)
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| ClearUrls | ClearURLs-Addon | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 64 | |
| - | 3,902 | |
| - | 1.3% | |
| - | 3.5 | |
| - | 6 months ago | |
| JavaScript | ||
| - | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ClearUrls
Posts with mentions or reviews of ClearUrls.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-21.
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SpaceX will start delivering Starlink for aviation from 2023
ClearURLs locally re-writes common "bounce" redirect links, avoiding a double round-trip when clicking on Google search links (among many others). I supplement this with Redirector for some light automation (old.reddit.com etc), but that's probably overkill.
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ClearURLs is there a way to Whitelist or ?
According it Addon page in AMO, ClearURL seem actually on Gitlab https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls
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How do I cleanup a Thunderbird Reddit email link that I open in Firefox?
You can use Request Control to remove specific or all parameters from URLs from certain domains and do all kinds of redirections with them. If you find it too complicated, use the ClearURLs support page to ask them to clean up Reddit links for you.
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New Firefox privacy feature strips URLs of tracking parameters
Here's the source code. What attack surface is it adding?
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[Android] [Kiwi browser] When i search something on Google and than try to copy link of website it doesn't allow me to copy original link but add some google link before it. I've to open the website to find original link. How to remove google.com/url?sa=blahblah...
CleadURLs might be useful? It's supposed to do this:
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Germany to send weapons from its army stockpiles - including 1000 anti-tank and 500 surface-to-air missiles
Check out this page and this extension to clean URL automatically, they get way shorter oftentimes.
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Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening
To add to your list: ClearURLs, LocalCDN
- Lego Wreath - 3D printed for the holidays
- A couple of questions about ClearURLs
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Why is YouTube adding “&pp=sAQA” to video URLs?
Most likely quite low. I let my addons handle that.
https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls
ClearURLs-Addon
Posts with mentions or reviews of ClearURLs-Addon.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-06.
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Implement URL cleaner
Ever heard of the ClearURLs Browser-Addon. It's also available for Firefox for Android.
- I am now done with Instagram, they are all high AF
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Link Cleaner: Web app for removing unnecessary parameters and other junk from URLs
Don't know why you're being down voted for being cautious? I may not personally get it but it's never bad being cautious. If it does help, ClearURLs is open source so anyone can see the code.
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I have 49 add-ons enabled, how can I switch between a different configuration of addons as needed ? (other than running a private window)
13. ClearURLs 1.26.0 (Disabled) Remove tracking elements from URLs. https://docs.clearurls.xyz
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Cover is now listed as part of the Growth Market in the Tokyo Stock Exchange starting today, March 27th.
But yeah totally agree with you, for other people like me and that don't want to waste time manually editing URLs I can recommend the Open Link With... app on Android and the ClearURLs extension for browsers (Firefox/Chromium)
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Brave – copy clean link feature
For those looking for similar functionality in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, I've been using ClearURLs[0] for several years in Firefox and Firefox on Android. It works well.
0: https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon
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Is there any way to set ClearURL extension to save more than 100 logs?
ClearURLs has an official support forum.
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China accused of illegal police stations in Netherlands
You can use the ClearURLs addon. I've been using it for years. It's not perfect, but it automatically removes a lot of tracking stuff. Everyone should be using it actually.
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ClearURLs is there a way to Whitelist or ?
ClearURLs feature request: Turn off/on on specific websites.
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URL stripping?
maybe this https://docs.clearurls.xyz ??
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ClearUrls and ClearURLs-Addon you can also consider the following projects:
uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
adfilt - The place where I, DandelionSprout, store my web filter lists for countless topics, including my Nordic adblock list. As simple as that, really.
Neat-URL - Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as Google Analytics' utm parameters.
uBlock-issues - This is the community-maintained issue tracker for uBlock Origin
Universal-Bypass - Don't waste your time with compliance. Universal Bypass circumvents annoying link shorteners.
AdguardBrowserExtension - AdGuard browser extension
iceraven-browser - Iceraven Browser
Lobsters - Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion
clean-links - What happens in your browser, stays in your browser.
ClearUrls vs uBlock
ClearURLs-Addon vs uBlock
ClearUrls vs adfilt
ClearURLs-Addon vs Neat-URL
ClearUrls vs Neat-URL
ClearURLs-Addon vs uBlock-issues
ClearUrls vs uBlock-issues
ClearURLs-Addon vs Universal-Bypass
ClearUrls vs AdguardBrowserExtension
ClearURLs-Addon vs iceraven-browser
ClearUrls vs Lobsters
ClearURLs-Addon vs clean-links