# irclickid — the impact.com click ID

- Canonical: https://linkclean.app/trackers/irclickid/
- Updated: 2026-10-05
- Author: Ken Tominaga (https://ken0nek.com)
- Get the app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/linkclean/id6758604043

Parameter: `irclickid` · Category: Ad-click identifiers · Vendor: Impact (formerly Impact Radius)

> irclickid is **the click identifier impact.com adds when it redirects you from a referral link to the shop**. It is meant to follow one person's journey from that click, so the visit can be credited to the link that sent it. A shop's product page loads the same without it, and LinkClean strips it on every site.

## How it gets onto a link

A link like this does not go straight to the shop. A Brave browser issue from October 2023 traced one: a link on another site redirected to a short address on an impact.com tracking domain, which redirected again to the shop's product page with `?irclickid=QQD2zbykJxyPTmGz47wiYyUCUkFQ2fRt028z140&irgwc=1` added.

The issue points to impact.com's integration guide, whose section on the click ID tells the shop to capture and store it.

## Does it identify a person?

Brave's assessment, in the same issue: the value "does not appear to be linked to someone's identity and instead seems to be randomly generated, but it is meant to be used as a stable identifier to recognize a single user across different pages." It tracks one consumer's journey, not a campaign.

Forward a product link with it attached and the next person's visit carries your click's identifier.

## How LinkClean removes it

Default-on and global. The companion `irgwc=1` from the same redirect is not in the catalog, so LinkClean leaves it in place. Brave strips `irclickid`, AdGuard's filter strips it everywhere except on `tix.axs.com`, after a report that the ticket page broke without it. LinkClean has no such exception, so turn `irclickid` off before cleaning an AXS link. ClearURLs strips it on Best Buy links.

## Example

Looks like this in a URL: `https://www.example-shop.com/product/brown-overcoat?irclickid=QQD2zbykJxyPTmGz47wiYyUCUkFQ2fRt028z140&irgwc=1`

After LinkClean: `https://www.example-shop.com/product/brown-overcoat?irgwc=1`

## Frequently asked

**Who adds irclickid?**

impact.com's tracking domains, on the redirect from a referral link to the shop.

**Will the shop still work without irclickid?**

Yes. The product is addressed by the path. Without the click ID, impact.com cannot tie that visit to the link you clicked.

**Why is irgwc still on the cleaned link?**

Because LinkClean's catalog does not list it yet. It is a separate parameter from the same redirect.


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