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Clear Links

by Christopher Bull · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Makes website links more transparent and accessible, enhancing your awareness of your navigational security and privacy.

Users
833
+28 in 30 days
Rating
4.5 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
8
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#34K
#29K among extensions
Version
4.4.3
updated 26 Aug 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
100489878Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 833 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
148Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 8 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Clear Links

This is a user experience improvement extension that reveals web links' destination in a more user-friendly and customisable tooltip, simply by moving your mouse over a link; by default, it highlights a URL's domain for links to external websites (customisable in the extension's Options menu) and thus enables more transparent links, improving explicit awareness of your navigation to an external website. One potential use case for Clear Links is to make you more easily aware of phishing email scams by allowing you to inspect a link's destination domain and allowing you to check if the destination is as expected -- identifying malicious links. It is important to note that this extension does not identify malicious links for you, instead, it informs you of links to external sites so you can make the decision yourself. By default, links to pages within the same website/hostname do not have a tooltip appear. This can be changed in the Options menu. This will make a fine addition to your security and privacy digital toolbelt. Short URL services supported: goo.gl, bit.ly, j.mp, t.co (partially) Code repository and release notes can be viewed on GitHub: https://github.com/ChristopherBull/Clear-Links/ Keywords: URL, link, domain, hostname, Short URL, URL expander, URL expansion

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+8+1.0%00.00
30 days+28+3.5%00.00
6 months+36+4.5%+1−0.50
1 year+141+20.4%+2−0.50

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Clear Links appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
links#52+11
destination#94−45

Version history

24 versions recorded
4.4.326 Aug 2026
4.4.212 May 2026
4.4.12 Apr 2026
4.4.023 Jan 2026
4.3.51 Sep 2025
4.3.329 Aug 2025
4.3.211 May 2025
4.3.120 Feb 2025

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
30 May 2017
Size
71 KB
Languages
en-GB
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
chrisbull.net
Support
github.com
Extension ID
banknjcfbmhcbebgekpcenheaghfcood

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 2
Permissions
scriptingstoragewebNavigation
Site access
http://*/https://*/

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