LinkCleanHow to clean an Amazon product link
Amazon product URLs carry tag=, ref_, and pf_rd_* affiliate/tracking parameters. Strip them and keep the clean /dp/<ASIN> form — LinkClean does this with host-scoped rules.
Amazon's URLs are some of the longest on the web because their internal tracking is unusually verbose. tag= identifies an affiliate (someone earns a commission when you buy), ref_ records which page sent you (the search results, a category page, a recommendation widget), and pf_rd_* annotates the specific placement (which slot on which page in which experiment cohort).
None of this is needed to load the product. The canonical product URL is just amazon.com/dp/<ASIN> — that ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) is the only thing the server uses to identify the product.
Copy the product link normally
From the Amazon app or web, hit Share → Copy Link. You'll get a long URL with /ref=… in the path and ?tag=…&ref_=… in the query string.
Run it through LinkClean
Either use the LinkClean share-sheet action (Share → Clean URL) or paste into the app. LinkClean strips tag, ref_, pf_rd_*, and the Amazon-specific tail, leaving just the /dp/<ASIN> form (and sometimes the storefront language indicator, which is functional).
Verify the product still resolves
Open the cleaned link in a private tab. Same product page, no affiliate kicker. The price, reviews, and product details all load identically.
Why host-scoped? Because tag and ref are common functional query keys on other sites (a tag= filter on a blog's archive page, a ref= referer parameter on a forum). LinkClean's catalog limits the aggressive Amazon-cleaning rules to amazon.* hosts (.com, .co.uk, .de, .co.jp, and 14 other storefronts) — on any other site, tag= and ref= stay default-off.
If you keep an affiliate link on purpose (you want to support someone's referral), use LinkClean's app to see the cleaned vs original side-by-side and pick whichever you want before sharing.
Skip the steps — LinkClean does it.
LinkClean strips tracking parameters from any link in one tap, from any app's share sheet. No account, on-device.
