Link Cleaner

Tracking since May 4, 2026.

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• May 9, 2026
  description

  Link Cleaner Browser Extension
  
  Link Cleaner is a powerful, customizable browser extension designed to give you full control over the URLs you encounter online. By using user-defined regular expression rules, Link Cleaner automatically removes or replaces unwanted parts of any URL during your browsing sessions. This functionality is particularly useful for removing unnecessary tracking parameters, shortening links for easier sharing, or extracting the essential components from complex URLs. The result is improved privacy, enhanced browsing efficiency, and clearer URLs every time you navigate the web.
  
  Once installed, Link Cleaner works quietly in the background, applying your customized settings across all visited websites. The extension remains active by default and can be toggled on or off instantly with a single click on its icon. Its main interface offers an intuitive, modern design accessible through the extension’s options menu, providing easy rule creation and management for users at any skill level.
  
  The extension leverages a high-performance request handling API to ensure seamless operation without interfering with page loading or script execution. It is especially effective at cleaning URLs from popular platforms, including job boards, social networks, news outlets, and e-commerce sites, where URLs are often cluttered with extraneous parameters, tracking codes, or referral tags. Link Cleaner’s powerful regular expression system allows you to craft precise filters and substitution patterns, ensuring URLs are automatically adjusted according to your preferences before loading or sharing.
  
  Users have full control over their cleaning rules and can add, modify, or delete them at any time. All rules are applied immediately and stored securely using synchronized storage, meaning your configurations are preserved and available across all devices where you use the extension. Visual indicators within the browser toolbar provide clear, real-time feedback about the extension’s active status and any rule changes, enhancing transparency as you browse. Additionally, in-app guidance and helpful tips assist users when creating rules, simplifying the use of advanced regular expressions even for those less experienced.
  
  Link Cleaner is ideal for privacy-conscious individuals, professionals who regularly share links, researchers needing clean references, or anyone frustrated by cluttered URLs. It delivers a smooth, user-centered experience focused on empowering users without collecting personal data or engaging in tracking.
  
  Key Features:  
   - Custom URL Cleaning Rules: Define and apply unlimited regular expression rules to clean, modify, or restructure URLs according to your needs.  
   - Live Toggle & Feedback: Easily activate or deactivate the extension with one click; visual icons provide immediate status updates.  
   - Persistent Sync Across Devices: All custom rules are saved using synchronized storage, ensuring your settings follow you across devices.  
   - Intuitive Options Page: Manage your rules effortlessly through a clean and modern interface; add, edit, or remove URL filters on the fly.  
   - Removes Tracking and Extra Parameters: Clean URLs of tracking parameters, referral codes, and redundant elements—perfect for sharing, bookmarking, or research.  
   - Interactive Rule Creation Guidance: Inline hints and tooltips simplify crafting effective regular expressions and substitution patterns.  
   - Secure and Non-Intrusive: Utilizes a robust API for performance efficiency, without interfering with web page scripts or slowing down browsing.
  
  How It Works:  
   1. Install the Link Cleaner extension from your browser’s extension store and activate it.  
   2. Use the browser toolbar icon to turn Link Cleaner ON or OFF easily, with its visual status indicator helping you keep track.  
   3. Open the options menu to view, manage, or add your URL cleaning rules.  
   4. To add a new rule, input a regular expression filter that matches the URL pattern you want to clean and specify the substitution pattern for the desired URL transformation; save the rule.  
   5. Link Cleaner automatically applies these rules to URLs as you visit web pages, removing or changing specified sections in real time.  
   6. Editing or deleting rules takes effect immediately with no need to restart your browser.  
   7. Cleaned URLs are displayed clearly in the address bar and are ready for safe sharing, bookmarking, or further navigation.
  
  Privacy: - No personal data collected.

  Link Cleaner is a sophisticated browser extension designed to give users comprehensive control over the URLs they interact with while browsing the web. By harnessing the power of customizable regular expression rules, Link Cleaner empowers you to automatically remove, modify, or replace specific portions of a URL. This capability streamlines navigation, eliminates unnecessary tracking parameters, and transforms links into cleaner, more readable, and easily shareable formats. Whether your goal is to strip out extraneous marketing parameters, simplify social media URLs, or enforce uniform URL structures for bookmarking and sharing purposes, Link Cleaner offers an intuitive and highly flexible solution integrated seamlessly into your browsing experience.
  
  The extension operates quietly in the background, processing links according to your personalized rules without interrupting your workflow. Upon installation, Link Cleaner includes a default rule specifically targeted at cleaning LinkedIn job URLs, removing superfluous elements to produce straightforward, direct links that are optimal for sharing. However, the true strength of the extension lies in its user-driven customization—users can add, edit, or delete any number of rules to fit their individual needs. Each rule is built upon robust regular expressions: you simply define a "filter" to match URL patterns and a "substitution" to specify how those matched segments should be changed or removed. Link Cleaner then dynamically applies these rules in real time as you browse, ensuring your URLs always conform to your preferences.
  
  Managing your rules is made simple and visual through the extension’s dedicated options page. Here, you can review all your current rules, see which ones are active, and add new ones using a straightforward form interface. Changes are immediately effective and saved locally with support for Chrome’s sync storage, which means your customized settings are preserved and carried over automatically to any device where you are signed in with the same browser account. This ensures a consistent URL management experience on all your devices without any extra setup.
  
  Under the hood, Link Cleaner integrates with Chrome’s declarativeNetRequest API, enabling efficient, secure, and instant URL rewriting with minimal resource consumption. The extension adheres strictly to the principle of privacy and security: it requests no unnecessary permissions, and none of your personalized rules or browsing data are sent outside your device unless you authorize syncing via Chrome’s cloud services. This guarantees that your URL customizations remain private and under your control at all times.
  
  Key Features:  
  - Custom URL manipulation using user-defined regular expressions for flexible cleaning and restructuring.  
  - Preinstalled default rule optimized for LinkedIn job URLs to offer immediate benefit out of the box.  
  - User-friendly, visual options page for easy rule creation, editing, and deletion without expert knowledge.  
  - Seamless background processing powered by Chrome’s declarativeNetRequest API for performant link adjustments.  
  - Rule synchronization across devices utilizing Chrome's cloud storage for a unified user experience.  
  - Intelligent migration logic ensures smooth updates by cleaning up legacy rules for long-term users.  
  - Strong commitment to privacy with no personal data collection—your rules and browsing habits never leave your device.  
  
  How It Works:  
  1. Install Link Cleaner from your browser’s extension marketplace.  
  2. On first run, the extension automatically applies a default LinkedIn job link cleaning rule.  
  3. Open the extension's options page via the browser toolbar menu to view all current URL rules.  
  4. Add new rules by specifying a regular expression to filter URLs and a substitution pattern to define changes.  
  5. Link Cleaner saves your rules and applies them automatically to URLs during your browsing sessions.  
  6. Modify or remove any existing rule anytime through the options interface to refine your link cleaning criteria.  
  7. Your customized rules sync automatically across all devices connected to your browser account, ensuring consistent URL handling everywhere.  
  
  Privacy: - No personal data collected.

• May 9, 2026
  permissions

  declarativeNetRequest, declarativeNetRequestFeedback, storage

  declarativeNetRequest, declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess, declarativeNetRequestFeedback, storage

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Permissions

declarativeNetRequestdeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccessdeclarativeNetRequestFeedbackstorage

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