URLStrip questions, answered plainly.

URLStrip cleans known tracking parameters locally. These answers cover the parts people usually ask about: privacy, link safety, and how to report missed tracking junk.

No. URLStrip cleans links on your device instead of sending them through a Tacita Labs link-cleaning service.

Do I need an account?

No. URLStrip does not require an account to clean links.

URLStrip is designed to remove known tracking junk while preserving parameters that affect content, routing, login state, checkout state, or other page behavior. Some parameters are intentionally kept because removing them would be worse.

How do I report a missed parameter?

If URLStrip leaves tracking junk behind, email submissions@tacitalabs.com.

Include whatever you can from this list:

  • The original URL.
  • The cleaned URL URLStrip produced, if it produced one.
  • The parameter you think should have been removed.
  • Your platform: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, or Windows.
  • Where it happened: app, share sheet, Safari extension, QR flow, menu bar app, or Windows app.
  • What you expected URLStrip to do.
  • What URLStrip actually did.

On iOS and iPadOS, URLStrip links here instead of generating an in-app report. That keeps the app's privacy footprint cleaner while still giving users a way to send useful examples.

Why does iOS ask before pasting?

That prompt is an iOS privacy control, not a URLStrip setting. Apple requires apps to ask before reading copied content. URLStrip cannot disable that system prompt.

Where do the rules come from?

URLStrip is grounded in the upstream ClearURLs ruleset and extended with additional maintained coverage where that improves practical results.