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UTM Cleaner

Details

How to use UTM Cleaner

What the tool does, how to run it, and what to expect from the result.

How to remove UTM parameters from a URL

To clean a link, paste it into UTM Cleaner and it identifies the five standard UTM tags, utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, and utm_content, and removes them. The rest of the query string, including product IDs, coupons, and routing parameters, is left exactly as it was, so the link still works.

This is useful when you want to share a clean URL without the campaign tracking that was bolted on for ads or email. Removing the UTM tags makes the link shorter and avoids attributing your own click to a campaign.

The cleaning happens locally in your browser. The URL you paste never leaves your device, and you get a copy-ready cleaned link in one step.

  • Sharing a clean link in chat or docs without campaign tags
  • Cleaning a tracked URL before bookmarking it
  • Removing UTM tags before reusing a link elsewhere
  • Avoiding self-attributed campaign clicks

What it keeps versus what it removes

UTM Cleaner is deliberately narrow: it removes only UTM parameters and never touches other query params. That keeps the cleanup safe, so a link with a product, coupon, or session parameter still functions exactly as intended after the UTM tags are gone.

If you need full control over every parameter rather than just the campaign tags, a broader parameter cleaner is the better choice. Use UTM Cleaner when the intent is specifically to strip campaign tracking quickly and predictably.

Tips

Getting a better result out of UTM Cleaner

Specific settings and thresholds, not general advice.

  • This page removes exactly five keys: utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, and utm_content. Click IDs survive it untouched, so gclid, fbclid, msclkid, ttclid, and yclid all remain. If you want those gone, use Remove URL Parameters with the tracking preset, which knows fifteen of them.
  • Every occurrence of a UTM key is dropped, not just the first. A link that picked up utm_source twice on its way through two systems comes back with neither copy.
  • The cleaned URL is rebuilt rather than string-edited: kept parameters are re-encoded key by key. A value that arrived as spring+sale comes back as spring%20sale. It is the same value to a server, but it is a different string, so do not diff the two as text.
  • The fragment is preserved but re-encoded with encodeURIComponent, so a fragment like #section/two comes back as #section%2Ftwo. If your app routes on a hash that contains slashes, check the anchor still resolves before you ship the cleaned link.
  • Stripping UTMs from a link you are about to share is the point. Stripping them from a link you are about to put in an ad destroys your attribution. Clean on the way out of a campaign, not on the way in.
Limits

What UTM Cleaner does not do

The honest boundary, so you do not lose time finding it yourself.

  • It removes the five utm_* keys only, never gclid, fbclid, or any other click ID.
  • One URL per run; there is no batch mode.
  • The URL is not fetched, so it cannot tell you the destination re-adds tracking on redirect.
  • The output is re-serialized, so encoding of the kept parameters may be normalized.
Reference

Terms used on this page

Short, plain-language definitions for the formats and settings above.

At a glance

Who UTM Cleaner is for

A quick way to understand who this helps, what it solves, and where it connects next.

Best fit

Marketers, operators, and founders cleaning shared links without breaking product or routing params.

Ideal for

Stripping campaign tags from a URL when all the non-UTM params still need to stay in place.

FAQ

Common questions

Short answers for the questions people usually have before trying a utility like this.

Will it remove product, coupon, or routing params too?

No. UTM Cleaner removes only UTM parameters and leaves the rest of the query string intact, so the link keeps working.

Which UTM tags does it remove?

It removes the five standard tags: utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, and utm_content.

Should I use this instead of a broader parameter cleaner?

Use UTM Cleaner when you specifically want to strip campaign tags. Use a broader cleaner when you need full control over all query parameters.

Does it upload my URL to a server?

No. UTM Cleaner runs entirely in your browser. The link you paste is cleaned locally on your device and never uploaded.

Is it free?

Yes. UTM Cleaner is free to use with no account and no upload required.

Why is fbclid still in my cleaned URL?

Because this page is deliberately narrow: it removes the five utm_* parameters and nothing else, which keeps it safe to run on links that carry product, coupon, or routing params. Click IDs like fbclid and gclid are a separate class of tracking. Use the Remove URL Parameters tool with the tracking preset to strip those as well.

Does it remove utm_id too?

No. The removal list is the five classic keys. utm_id, utm_source_platform, and any other custom utm-prefixed key you have invented stay in the URL. Remove URL Parameters with a custom selection will let you tick them off individually.

Why does my cleaned URL look different beyond the missing UTMs?

The output is rebuilt from the parsed parameters rather than cut out of the original string. Kept keys and values are re-encoded, so a plus that meant a space becomes %20, and a fragment gets percent-encoded. The link resolves the same way, but the characters are not identical to the input.

Will it break a link that needs its query string to work?

Not unless the app depends on a utm_* key for something functional, which is rare and a bad idea. Every non-UTM parameter is preserved in its original order, so product IDs, variant selectors, and pagination params survive.

Is the URL sent to a server to be cleaned?

No. Parsing and rebuilding happen in your browser. The links people most want cleaned are the ones pasted out of an email or a personal referral, and those are exactly the ones that tend to carry an identifier you would rather not upload.

Should I strip UTMs before saving a link in documentation?

Yes, in most cases. A UTM-tagged link that ends up in an internal wiki, a README, or a support macro keeps attributing organic and internal traffic to whatever campaign originally produced it, which quietly inflates that campaign for months.

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