You shouldn’t need a site. If you look closely at the original link you posted, it’s usually demarked by either a & symbol or a ? symbol, both the symbols and all text that comes after them are extraneous data of some type (not always tracking, but tracking is most common).
For example, a youtube link where you put a timestamp so it always starts at a specific time would be https://youtu.be/aeyLZHaGj3s&t=30s
In this example, I appended “&t=30s” to the end of the link, which starts me at that time stamp (30 seconds). Removing it again provides a “clean link.”
So what you need to look out for are special characters, anything after those tend to be tracking data. (Not always, but mostly)
So find a special character (as I said, usually & or ?), and remove that character and everything that comes after it and you’ll have a clean link.
Another example (not tracking related) might be a zoom link. They’ll have a “?pwd=” followed by a hash of the password so you can log in without typing the password. “www.zoom.us/j/555555555?pwd=slfdujghagrfdlgkjh” Something like that for example (not a real zoom link).
I think if you get the video from Duck Duck Go, you can copy the link without the tracker. Plus, I think Firefox gives you option to “copy link without site tracking” from most search results
Nice
Also here’s the link without the tracker
Thanks! What site do you use to clean the tracker off of links?
You shouldn’t need a site. If you look closely at the original link you posted, it’s usually demarked by either a & symbol or a ? symbol, both the symbols and all text that comes after them are extraneous data of some type (not always tracking, but tracking is most common).
For example, a youtube link where you put a timestamp so it always starts at a specific time would be https://youtu.be/aeyLZHaGj3s&t=30s
In this example, I appended “&t=30s” to the end of the link, which starts me at that time stamp (30 seconds). Removing it again provides a “clean link.”
So what you need to look out for are special characters, anything after those tend to be tracking data. (Not always, but mostly)
So find a special character (as I said, usually & or ?), and remove that character and everything that comes after it and you’ll have a clean link.
Another example (not tracking related) might be a zoom link. They’ll have a “?pwd=” followed by a hash of the password so you can log in without typing the password. “www.zoom.us/j/555555555?pwd=slfdujghagrfdlgkjh” Something like that for example (not a real zoom link).
I think if you get the video from Duck Duck Go, you can copy the link without the tracker. Plus, I think Firefox gives you option to “copy link without site tracking” from most search results