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Editor's pickLearn what a website can learn from a referrer, when browsers send a page URL, and how site owners and visitors can limit unnecessary sharing.
Learn how to remove tracking parameters from a URL while preserving page, login, and transaction parameters—and verify the cleaned link before sharing.
Learn to remove UTM, gclid, and fbclid tracking parameters before sharing links, keep parameters a page needs, and understand what URL cleanup cannot hide.
Learn how to remove URL tracking parameters like utm_source, gclid, and fbclid while keeping product IDs, search terms, and other useful link details.
Learn how to remove tracking parameters from a URL, compare it with the original, and preserve search terms, product options, and settings the page needs.
Learn how to remove tracking parameters from a URL, keep the query options a page needs, and share a cleaner link without assuming cleanup erases collected data.