Clean Links User Reviews

Name: Clean Links: URL Cleaner
Rating: 4.88462 (52 reviews)

Clean Links: URL Cleaner

Numen Technologies Limited

🔧 Utilities

📊 Productivity

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Awesome app

So pumped for the new Mac app! I’ve tried recreating it myself with shortcuts and it’s just not the same! Such a great app. Thanks for all your hard work!

Derekbunch

2 months ago

Love this app! No thrills and no BS - it does exactly as advertised

Want to get rid of trackers and other non-necessities attached to your shared links from YouTube, etc? Use this app. It does as advertised. And, the developer makes other apps that are equally as wonderful and are not slop. Give it a try, it’s free. 😋

Joseph777111

2 months ago

Disappeared

Seemed to all then gone

SaGRevieW

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review. Is there anything we can do to improve the app for you?

Works well, but still connects to network

Great option for QR codes, but really needs a way to prevent automatically expanding short links. This can still attribute a click to you if the original URL was targeted or shared only to you.

Neutron-conveyor-squeeze

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. You’re right that some short links require a network request to resolve. Clean Links only does that when the final destination cannot be determined from the URL alone, which is common with URL shorteners and some ad-network redirects. Those requests go directly from your device to the destination, not through our servers, and we do not log the links you clean. We also use isolated requests with no persisted cookies or browsing history, and we strip tracking parameters before and after redirects. We mention this in our FAQ under “Is this really local?” Edit: Based on your feedback, we've added an "Allow network requests" toggle in the app settings and for shortcuts. I hope that addresses this issue. If not, please feel free to get in touch with us on Discord or X (@CleanLinksApp) or email us at support@cleanlinks.app

Great App for Cleaning Useless Tracking Junk from Links

It occasionally leaves a dangling piece but saves me a bunch of editing before I send links to others or when posting online.

Bad|Timing

5 months ago

Removes UTM spyware

If you want to remain more anonymous online sharing links from copy/paste this is the way

Catacomb_C

6 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the 5 stars and the thoughtful review. We're really glad Clean Links helps you share links in a cleaner, more private way.

Intuitive with One (Minor) Flaw

App does exactly what it says it does with no extra fluff or frills. It just works and that’s pretty refreshing these days. However, to the developer: when opening a cleaned link in browser I noticed it goes straight to Safari and this can’t be changed. I use Chrome as my default browser—never touch Safari. Being able to select your browser, or bare minimum have the app use the browser the user has selected as their “default browser” in their iPhone settings seems like a simple update/implementation. My two cents!

dreamdead_

7 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review! For privacy reasons, iOS does not provide an API for apps to find out what the users' default browser is. The latest version of the app (1.0.11), now detects if Chrome is installed on the device and adds a "Open in Chrome" button.

5 stars, no notes

I stumbled upon this one after reading an online article. It does exactly what it says and nothing else: cleaning links, and automatically copying the cleaned link so you can maximize productivity. You can set it to monitor your clipboard and automatically clean any links that it comes across. Definitely easier, faster, and more convenient than using a website-based link cleaner.

IntrovertusMaximus

9 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the 5-star review! We're glad you like Clean Links. Check out our other private apps, Slop or Not and Private LLM.

It does what it says it does

5 stars

BryanZ

9 months ago

Response from developer

We are glad you like it.

Works great. Killer feature is the optional, automatic clipboard monitoring!

I was looking everywhere for a safari extension that automatically strips out tracking junk from links. I searched and saw this one but it didn’t mention that it has a feature to automatically monitor your clipboard and automatically clean links! This is your killer feature and I would add an image preview for it! Great app!

Likwidtek

10 months ago

Sweet!

What a great little app. Drop dead simple and does exactly what you need with no fuss.

apalko

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much! We're thrilled you're loving Clean Links and that it's hitting the mark for what you need. Link cleaning can be a bit of a cat and mouse game as trackers keep evolving. If you ever run into a link that doesn't clean properly, don't hesitate to reach out to us on Discord, X, or Reddit.