![](/logo.png)Clean Links # LinkedIn Profile URL & Link Cleaner A LinkedIn profile URL needs cleaning the moment you copy it. LinkedIn tacks `trk`, `li_fat_id`, and `lipi` onto the URL, then wraps outbound links in `lnkd.in` - Microsoft-owned redirects that log the click, trigger the LinkedIn Insight Tag, and forward attribution to Google DoubleClick before the page loads. Clean Links strips every one of them and keeps the profile. Paste Clean Link Settings [4.9ยท241 ratings on the App Store](/reviews) Before and After Tracked link https://www.linkedin.com/in/example/?trk=public\_post\_feed-actor-name Clean link https://www.linkedin.com/in/example/ Removed - trkTracking parameter ## Why LinkedIn Tracks Links LinkedIn routes outbound traffic through its own wrappers so it can attribute clicks, campaigns, and profile activity. That extra redirect keeps LinkedIn in the middle of the share even when the destination belongs to someone else. ## Install Clean Links on Any Device Pin the web cleaner as a progressive web app on Chrome, Edge, and Android, or install the iPhone, iPad, and Mac app for on-device cleaning, Share Sheet actions, Safari extension, QR scanning, and Shortcuts. Install web app[![Download on the App Store](/app-store/download-badge/en/download.svg)![Download on the App Store](/app-store/download-badge/en/download-dark.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6747395062?pt=96139298&ct=cll_install_card&mt=8)Install as a web app instead Add Clean Links to your Home Screen 1. Tap the Share button in Safari, then choose Add to Home Screen. 2. Tap Add. Clean Links launches like a native app from your Home Screen. Open your browser menu and choose Install Clean Links or Add to Home Screen. ## LinkedIn Profile URL Cleaning Rules - Strip `trk`, `li_fat_id`, `lipi`, and UTMs from profile and post URLs - Expand `lnkd.in` short links and strip the tracking they carry - Keep the clean `/in/your-name` path and nothing else ## Examples of LinkedIn Trackers and Redirects Clean Links Removes `lnkd.in/...` - LinkedIn short link wrapper`trk`, `li_fat_id`, `lipi` - LinkedIn tracking parameters`utm_source=linkedin`, `utm_medium`, `utm_campaign` - campaign tags ## Why not just delete parameters manually? Many trackers appear mid-redirect or hide behind shims. Manual trimming misses those and can break links. Clean Links follows the chain and cleans the final URL safely. ## FAQ: LinkedIn Link Cleaner - ### Does cleaning change where the link goes? No. Cleaning removes trackers and shims but preserves the destination. - ### Does this help with LinkedIn profile URLs? Yes. The cleaning rules are short: strip \`trk\`, \`li\_fat\_id\`, \`lipi\`, and any UTM tags. Expand \`lnkd.in\` short links. Keep the \`/in/\` path untouched. You get the profile, not the tracking. - ### Why does LinkedIn use a safety/go link? It is a link shim LinkedIn uses to route external links through its own scanning and click tracking. Clean Links strips the tracking parameters attached to it, so the link you share carries no profile identifiers. - ### Will cleaning break login or referral flows? Clean Links removes tracking parameters. If a parameter is required for functionality (rare), it is preserved. - ### Does Clean Links send data to servers? The Apple app cleans LinkedIn links on-device. The web cleaner currently sends the link to the Clean Links API because the full rule engine is too large to ship to every browser right now. We do not log, store, or tie those requests to an account, and shortlinks are still resolved in an isolated, cookie-free context with a randomized user agent. - ### How does the web cleaner differ from the iPhone, iPad, and Mac app? The cleaning rules are the same, but the Apple app has more system hooks: Share Sheet cleaning, Safari extension support, QR scanning, Shortcuts, Siri, and Mac clipboard tools. The web cleaner focuses on paste-and-clean in your browser today, and a browser-native WASM version is in progress. Need to clean a link from any other site? [Try the free link cleaner](https://cleanlinks.app/en/link-cleaner) ## Clean a Link Right Here Paste any link to strip trackers and unwrap short links. Works in any browser with no account; recent-link history stays in this browser. [Clean a Link](#link-cleaner-tool)Install web app ## Get Clean Links for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Clean links from the Share Sheet on iPhone and iPad, plus the Mac app. No account. Want a history? It syncs through your own iCloud, and we can't see it. [![Download on the App Store](/app-store/download-badge/en/download.svg)![Download on the App Store](/app-store/download-badge/en/download-dark.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6747395062?pt=96139298&ct=cll_platform_cta&mt=8)Install web app Why we built Clean Links ## Someone Close to Us Got Scammed by a QR Code. We Did Something About It. Someone close to us scanned a QR code on a parking meter, typed in their card details, and lost the money before they realized anything was off. A sticker had covered the real code, and the link behind it went somewhere else. We're two engineers in the EU who've spent years building privacy-first apps, and that was the push. We wanted a fast way to see where a link or QR code really goes before you tap it, and to strip the trackers off the ones we share. Clean Links now covers both cases: the Apple apps scan and clean on your device, and the web cleaner lets you check a link in the browser without an account. It's free, and we'd rather earn a spot on your home screen than sell you out. ### More from Numen Two more apps from the same team. Two more apps from the same team. Both run on your device. [![Slop or Not](/app-icons/slop-or-not.png) #### Slop or Not Check AI-generated text and images in your browser. Free online checker, no account. Native iPhone and Mac apps too. Check AI-generated text and images on iPhone and Mac. On-device, no account. ](https://slopornot.ai/en)[![Private LLM](/app-icons/private-llm.png) #### Private LLM Run uncensored, open-source AI chat models on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Chats stay on your device. Your AI, your rules. ](https://privatellm.app/en) Join our Discord to see what we're building next. [Discord](/discord)