Introduction
The URL cleaner, a feature of Threat Protection Pro™, automatically removes tracking parameters from web addresses. This enhances your online privacy by making it harder for sites to track you, while also making links shorter, cleaner, and safer to share.
How does the URL cleaner work?
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Stops cross-site tracking – Enhances your privacy by stripping tracking parameters (like
utm_sourceandutm_campaign) from URLs, preventing websites from knowing how you found them. - Simplifies links – Automatically cleans URLs as you browse, making long, complex web addresses shorter and easier to read.
- Improves link safety – By making links more readable, it helps you spot suspicious domains that could be hidden in a long, confusing URL.
- Automatic and seamless – Works in the background to clean every link you click without any manual effort as long as web protection is active.
Requirements
Ensure that you have the NordVPN Plus or Ultimate subscription active and that the NordVPN application is installed on your Windows device.
Here's what to do
- Open the NordVPN app.
- Click the shield icon on the left side of the NordVPN application.
- Click "Ad and tracker blocker."
- Enable the "URL cleaner" by clicking the toggle.
Additional tips
- When sharing a link, copy it from your browser's address bar after it has been cleaned to avoid passing on the trackers.
