Pure Paste Alternatives

Apps similar to Pure Paste include ClearURLs, which is free and open source. Other options are Clean Links - QR & Link Safety, Neat URL, PureText and Léon – The URL Cleaner. You can choose from more than 10 URL Cleaners like Pure Paste for Mac, Windows, the web, Android and Linux.

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  1. ClearURLs icon
     71 likes

    This extension will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy when browse through the Internet.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
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  2. Cleans tracking parameters from URLs and QR codes for private sharing, unmasks shortened links to show final destination, integrates with macOS Shortcuts, ensures data stays on-device, ad-free, supports hundreds of popular sites, and requires no user data collection.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. Neat URL icon
     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
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  4. PureText icon
     34 likes

    PureText is a tiny (13Kb) application for Windows that allows you to paste text to any application without formatting, using a hotkey (default Win + V).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Léon - The URL Cleaner removes tracking and other obsolete parameters from a URL before sharing. Its usage is simple, integrating into Android's standard sharing mechanism.

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  6. TrackerZapper icon
     3 likes

    TrackerZapper is a Mac app that sits in your menubar and silently removes tracking parameters from any links you copy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Tarnhelm icon
     1 like

    Tarnhelm can help you clean the tracking parameters in the links shared from the apps and keep the process natural.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  8. Pure URL icon
     5 likes

    This add-on automatically removes all garbage like "utm_source=*" from URLs. These fields are provided for the Google Analytics and they are not a necessity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
    • Haiku
    • Opera
    • Firefox
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  9. UTM Stripper icon
     2 likes

    This is a Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox extension that strips Google Analytics (i.e. Urchin Tracking Monitor) tokens from URL query strings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox
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  10.  1 like

    PlainPaste is a simple app to let you paste copied text without formatting in Windows. Simple press Ctrl-V once to paste regularly, or twice fast to paste as text.

    6 PlainPaste alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • AutoHotkey
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  11. When copying text from one application and pasting it into another one, you usually get to keep the formatting of the text as well. With formatting, I here refer to font size, text color, bold, hyperlinks, et cetera.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Purifai icon
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    Purifai removes unsupported formatting while keeping what the destination app understands — so your text pastes cleanly into Mail, Docs, Slack, Word, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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