DirectLinks chrome extension

What is DirectLinks?

DirectLinks is a developer tools chrome extension. it's a free extension , it has 153 active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 5.00 from 1 rated user, last update is 2060 days ago.

What’s new in version 2.0?

                This extension circumvents certain techniques used by Google and Facebook to track link clicks.

When you click a link in Google search results, Google uses JavaScript to replace the actual link with an indirect one, which they use for click tracking. Google then redirects the browser to the actual destination after logging the click. DirectLinks disables the JavaScript that replaces real links with indirect ones, so that when you click a search result link, Safari goes straight to the destination.

The extension does something similar for links in Facebook posts: it removes JavaScript that Facebook uses to track clicks on these links.            

How to install DirectLinks?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of DirectLinks

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