Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as Google Analytics' utm parameters.

utm_source, utm_medium, utm_term, utm_content, utm_campaign, utm_reader, utm_place, utm_userid, utm_cid, utm_name, utm_pubreferrer, utm_swu, utm_viz_id, ga_source, ga_medium, ga_term, ga_content, ga_campaign, ga_place, yclid, _openstat, fb_action_ids, fb_action_types, fb_ref, fb_source, action_object_map, action_type_map, action_ref_map, gs_l, pd_rd_r@amazon.*, pd_rd_w@amazon.*, pd_rd_wg@amazon.*, _encoding@amazon.*, psc@amazon.*, ved@google.*, ei@google.*, sei@google.*, gws_rd@google.*, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], $/ref@amazon.&ast, _hsenc, mkt_tok, hmb_campaign, hmb_source, hmb_medium, fbclid, spReportId, spJobID, spUserID, spMailingID, utm_mailing, utm_brand, CNDID, mbid, trk, trkCampaign, sc_campaign, sc_channel, sc_content, sc_medium, sc_outcome, sc_geo, sc_country

Before:

• http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ioquake3-Auto-Updater&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Phoronix+(Phoronix)

After:

• http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ioquake3-Auto-Updater

Are you tired of handing over data to Google or other companies?

Do you want to see neater URLs?

Neat URL is just what you're looking for!

A parameter is something that starts with ?. You can add your own parameter in the options of Neat URL. The ? is ommitted in the options, so a ?ved parameter becomes "ved". There are a few exceptions to this rule (see below)

Parameters can be global (for every domain):

utm_source

Parameters can contain @ signs (domain-specific):

[email protected]

Parameters can contain @ signs with a wildcard so every subdomain will match too:

param@*.wired.com

Parameters can contain @ signs with a wildcard at the end of a domain name (matches every domain name which begins with "google" and ends in an unknown suffix:

param@google.*

Parameters can contain a wildcard at the end or before the domain sign:

utm_*
utm_*@omgubuntu.co.uk

Parameters can also apply globally (first rule), except for a (wilcard) domain (second rule):

ref
[email protected]

The excluded domain always takes precedence. Should you include "ref" and "!ref", "!ref" will apply.

Other valid parameters - ending parameters (exceptions to the ? rule):

$/ref@amazon.* (remove everything after /ref on amazon domains - this will only apply when there are no query parameters left after removing the filtered query parameters. Exception: Amazon product pages parameters are cleaned like they contain two dollar signs)
$$/ref@amazon.* (remove everything after /ref on amazon domains - this will always apply, even when there are other query parameters after removing the filtered query parameters - this option is available because the user should be in control but beware that double dollar signs are dangerous, it might break the URL)

Other valid parameters - hash parameters (exceptions to the ? rule):

#xtor=RSS-8 (remove this parameter - be sure to include its value as well when you are using anchor tags)
#[email protected]
#?pk_campaign (normal parameters that come after a hash sign, for example this URL  https://vivaldi.com/blog/teamblog/vivaldi-1-13-adds-window-panel/#pk_campaign=newsletter&pk_kwd=community gets changed to https://vivaldi.com/blog/teamblog/vivaldi-1-13-adds-window-panel/#pk_kwd=community)
#[email protected] (same as above, but domain-matched instead of global)

Invalid parameters:

param@*.google.* (too many wildcards)
|ved (this is some random string - not supported, it will not work)
/ref@amazon.*$ (dollar sign should be at the beginning)

For addons.mozilla.org: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

For Tweakers.net: [email protected], [email protected]

For Vivaldi.com: #?[email protected], #?[email protected]

For Twitch.tv: tt_medium, tt_content

Other parameters you can consider: hsmi, algo_expid, algo_pvid, aqs, bav, bih, biw, btsid, bvm, cn, cp, csi, dpr, dq, ech, forward, gs_gbg, gs_mss, gs_rn, iact, icid, iid, ijn, mc_cid, mc_eid, ncid, ndsp, nid, nr_email_referer, oq, pbx, pf, pf_rd_i, pf_rd_m, pf_rd_p, pf_rd_r, pf_rd_s, pf_rd_t, pq, prmd, psi, ref, refsrc, sa, sclient, scroll, sr_share, stick, tbnid, vero_conv, vero_id, vet, ws_ab_test, yv

Neat URL is based on Lean URL.

Neat URL contains a few improvements:

• set your own URL parameters on the options page (to reach feature parity with Pure URL)
• fixed for recent Firefox versions
• a nice animation in the toolbar (can be changed or disabled)
• domain-specific blocked parameters (to reach feature parity with Pure URL)
• wildcard domain-specific blocked parameters
• wildcard at the end of blocked parameters (general or domain-specific)