The short version
Browser extension that strips tracking junk from shared URLs.
From the HackerLinks archive
ClearURLs
Browser extension that strips tracking junk from shared URLs.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-05-10
Last seen:2026-05-10
Times seen:1
Website:docs.clearurls.xyz
Why it caught our attention
It came up as the clean fix while people argued about banning query strings.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-05-10
Editorial paraphrase
Commenters explicitly recommended the ClearURLs addon and pointed to Firefox’s Copy Clean Link feature as a cleaner-link workflow.
Original threadI’ve banned query strings