Reviewed in Mac & i 4/2026: "useful for covering your digital tracks and getting around annoying website restrictions."
Tired of messy links full of tracking codes? Trackless Links cleans every link, blocks trackers, and puts you back in control of Safari on iPhone and iPad.
CLEAN LINKS. ZERO TRACKING.
Every link you click or share gets cleaned automatically. No more utm_source, fbclid, or gclid following you around the web. Share links without the tracking baggage.
KEEP LINKS IN SAFARI (NEW)
Sick of taps that bounce you into Instagram, X, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or Spotify? Switch on Open in Safari for any site and links stay where you want them: in your browser. Add your own domains too. All off by default.
SMART REDIRECTS THAT SAVE TIME
Skip annoying middleman pages. Redirect Twitter/X to XCancel, Reddit to Old Reddit, YouTube to Invidious, Google Maps to Apple Maps, and more. Build your own rules with plain text or regex. Over 20 privacy-focused redirects built in.
SOURCE CREDIBILITY: KNOW BEFORE YOU CLICK
Trackless Links warns you when you visit sites flagged for misinformation, fake news, or conspiracy theories. Powered by CRED-1, an open peer-reviewed dataset of 2,672 domains.
• Five independent signals: editorial classification, watchdog ratings, web prominence, domain age, safety checks
• Tiered banners: high (red), elevated (orange), moderate (yellow)
• Dismiss per site or navigate back with one tap
• Optional CRED-1 auto-updates keep the dataset current
• 100% on-device, no browsing data leaves your phone
• Off by default, enable in the Credibility tab
BROWSER TWEAKS THAT ACTUALLY WORK
Take back control of annoying site behaviors:
• Block autoplay videos and audio
• Picture-in-Picture on any video, including YouTube on the free tier (swipe up, lock the device, or long-press the video)
• Force text selection on protected pages
• Lock playback speed across sites
• Hide cookie consent banners (experimental)
• Force dark mode on any website
• Remove zoom restrictions on mobile sites
• Reduce distracting animations
WHY USERS LOVE IT
Cleaner URLs are shorter, safer, and easier to read. Redirects save clicks every day. Archive access via Wayback Machine recovers deleted content. Everything runs locally on your device, no accounts, no servers, no data collection.
REAL PRIVACY, NOT JUST PROMISES
No analytics. No tracking. No cloud processing. Every feature runs entirely on your device. Your browsing data never leaves your control.
SYNC EVERYWHERE WITH iCLOUD
Set up once, use everywhere. Filters, redirects, and tweaks sync automatically across all your devices.
KEY FEATURES
• Source credibility warnings powered by CRED-1
• Open in Safari rules per domain
• 100% private, zero data collection ever
• Share Sheet to clean links from any app
• Unlimited custom filters and redirect rules
• Regex support for advanced patterns
• Runs before pages finish loading
• No battery drain, no background activity
• Works completely offline
BUILT WITH RESPECT
Plain language. Full user control. No dark patterns. No subscriptions.
WHAT TO KNOW
Browser tweaks work on most sites but may not function everywhere due to site-specific restrictions. All tweaks can be disabled instantly. Cookie banner suppression is experimental.
SUPPORT
Questions or ideas? https://github.com/aloth/trackless-links/issues
PRIVACY COMMITMENT
No tracking. No analytics. No remote calls. No data retention. Period.
TERMS
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ALSO AVAILABLE
Trackless Links Pro for Mac users who want the same features on their desktop. Universal purchase includes iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
READY TO BROWSE WITHOUT BEING TRACKED?
Download Trackless Links. Clean links. Total privacy. Your rules.
Alex has developed a fantastic extension here and it’s well worth the price for how many great features he’s packed into this (frankly I’m amazed). It does so much more than remove tracking parameters and I couldn’t be more pleased.
AMAZING!!
Champ0506
I’m not too sure what I’m doing but the dev made it super simple and has all major things already set by default which helps me so much!! I’m obsessed!!
URL Decode
Mikedelic
This app handles some tracking. However, it would be more helpful to handle others like awstrack.me that encode the target URL. Including URL decoding for that portion of the link would make this app very useful.
Developer Response
Thanks for the suggestion - this is now implemented. Version 4.3.2 resolves redirector links that carry the destination inside the URL, including awstrack.me, and then cleans any tracking left on that destination. Enable it under Settings > Tweaks > Bypass common redirectors. The update is on its way to the App Store. If a link still does not resolve after updating, write to support@alexloth.com with the example and we will look at it.
- NEW: Pause on this site. If a site misbehaves, open Trackless Links in Safari and choose "Pause on this site": no cleaning, tweaks or banner hiding there until you resume it. Paused sites are listed in Settings.
- IMPROVED: The share sheet now tells you what it found: which trackers it removes, that a link is already clean, or that a short link like t.co hides its destination.
- IMPROVED: A calmer Tweaks screen. The switches that can break sites now sit in the collapsed Advanced section, and "Restore Defaults" resets all tweaks at once.
- FIXED: "Block autoplay" now also stops videos that a site starts on its own.
- FIXED: "Allow text selection & copy" no longer blocks menus and right-clicks in web apps.
- FIXED: Tweaks that are off in the app now stay off in Safari.
- FIXED: "Clean URLs you copy" now removes tracking parameters from links in text you select and copy on a web page.
- FIXED: "Open app" in the Safari popup opens the right app, also when Trackless Links and Trackless Links Pro are both installed.
Paused sites stay on the device where you paused them. Everything still runs entirely on your device. As always, nothing about your browsing leaves it.
Thank you for your feature requests and bug reports - they help us continuously improve Trackless Links!
Version 4.5.1
The developer, Alexander Loth, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Alexander Loth
Size
19 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.7 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.7 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.7 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.7 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 8 more
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
