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		lightswitch05 on Feb 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as ... I've been using this extension for a couple years now. In fact, I submitted the pull request for the fbclid feature [1]. @Smile4ever merged and released the change the next day. It is a really great extension with a responsive and helpful maintainer. I'm glad its getting some more visibility. Extension Links: Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/neat-url/ Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/neat-url/jchobbjgi... --- [1] https://github.com/Smile4ever/Neat-URL/pull/163

Jeremy0 on Feb 21, 2020 | [–]

Sounds good, I didn't know about Neat URL until now as Canonical Url Detector is what I've been using for a long time. It is slightly smaller in size, but maybe not as effective: https://github.com/irok/CanonicalUrlDetector

Avamander on Feb 22, 2020 | [–]

Unfortunately it doesn't clean up things like AliExpress URLs fully, and PRs aren't moving.

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