ClearURLs

Awesome Privacy ➔ Security Tools ➔ Browser Extensions ➔ ClearURLs

This extension will automatically remove tracking elements from the GET parameters of URLs to help protect some privacy Download: Chrome - Firefox / Source

Homepage: gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls
GitHub: github.com/ClearURLs/Addon
Privacy: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/privacy
Web info: web-check.xyz/check/gitlab.com

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ClearURLs Source Code

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ClearURLs

Description

ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy.

#addon#addons-mozilla-org#anti-tracking#chrome#firefox#privacy#security#tracking-protection#webextensions

Homepage

http://docs.clearurls.xyz

License

LGPL-3.0

Created

04 Aug 17

Last Updated

30 Jun 26

Latest version

v1.3.4.0_cv_ff

Primary Language

JavaScript

Size

28,338 KB

Stars

4,917

Forks

138

Watchers

4,917

Language Usage

Star History

Top Contributors

Recent Commits

TrianguloY (05 Jul 25)
Added URLCheck to 'projects that use...' in the readme
nicole mikołajczyk (09 Apr 25)
mention my project in 'Projects that use parts of ClearURLs' section
Kevin R (03 Apr 25)
Updated README.md
Kevin R (18 Mar 25)
Fixed bug in manifest.json https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/commit/d8da43ac297e5df51a9c7276579ac3332adfa801#r152207958
Kevin (24 Feb 25)
Edit storage.js - changed default value of ref to `true`
Kevin R (05 Feb 25)
Version 1.27.3
Kevin R (29 Jan 25)
Changed google search rwt detection Fixes: - [#134](https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/issues/134) - [#187](https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/rules/-/issues/187) - [#387](https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/issues/387) - [#393](https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/issues/393) - [#978](https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/ClearUrls/-/issues/978) - [#980](https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/ClearUrls/-/issues/980) - [#1301](https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/ClearUrls/-/issues/1301) - [#1302](https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/ClearUrls/-/issues/1302) - [#1305](https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/ClearUrls/-/issues/1305) . .
Kevin R (27 Jan 25)
Version 1.27.2
Grigory (27 Jan 25)
fix(tools): encode search uri params
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Version 1.27.1
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Updated datatables i18n
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Version 1.27.0
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Updated README
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Updated copyright
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Upgraded datatables * datatables to 2.1.8
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Upgraded fontawesome * fontawesome to 6.7.2
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Upgrade bootstrap * bootstrap to 4.6.2
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Removed old jQuery
Kevin R (05 Jan 25)
Upgrade deps * polyfill to 0.12.0 * Pickr to 1.9.1 * jQuery to 3.7.1
Kevin (14 Jul 24)
Update .gitlab-ci.yml
Kevin (14 Jul 24)
Update .gitlab-ci.yml
Kevin R (29 May 24)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'temp2/patch-2'
Mazunki Hoksaas (11 May 24)
remove warning when s is undefined
Evert Heylen (28 May 24)
Update historyListener.js
Kevin R (11 Nov 23)
Fixed URLSearchParams spaces (x sign) bug See also https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/ClearUrls/-/merge_requests/108
Kevin R (10 May 23)
ETag filtering
Kevin R (31 Jan 23)
Updated README.md
Kevin R (31 Jan 23)
Updated ZIP
Kevin R (31 Jan 23)
1.26.1
Kevin R (31 Jan 23)
Merge branch 'master' of gitlab.com:ClearURLs/ClearUrls

ClearURLs Website

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ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy when browse through the Internet.

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Server Details

IP Address 172.65.251.78
Location San Francisco, California, United States of America, NA
ISP CloudFlare Inc.
ASN AS13335

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About the Data: ClearURLs

API

You can access ClearURLs's data programmatically via our API. Simply make a GET request to:

https://api.awesome-privacy.xyz/v1/services/clearurls

The REST API is free, no-auth and CORS-enabled. To learn more, view the API Docs or read the API Usage Guide.

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