https://www.reddit.com/r/swift/comments/1abcde/title/
After LinkCleanhttps://www.reddit.com/r/swift/comments/1abcde/title/?context=3
share_id
What is share_id in a Reddit link?
What a shared Reddit link carries
Share a post from the Reddit app and the link gains ?share_id= and a random-looking value, followed by utm_source=share, utm_medium= (for example ios_app), utm_name= and often utm_content= and utm_term=.
The web site's share button uses a different spelling of the same idea: ref=share, ref_source=link and sometimes ref_campaign=. A correlation_id can appear too, naming the request that produced the link.
What it tells Reddit
A share identifier lets Reddit count how many people opened one particular share and from which kind of device it was made. It is unique per share, so two links to the same post, shared by two people, differ only in this value.
How LinkClean removes it
share_id, ref_source, ref_campaign and correlation_id are default-on and scoped to reddit.com. The utm_ tags are removed everywhere. context=, which sets how many parent comments a comment link shows, is kept.
One part stays: ref is a generic name that many sites use for something functional, so it is off by default and can be switched on in the parameter list. ClearURLs, AdGuard's filter, Brave and Firefox all strip the four Reddit names.
Frequently asked
Does share_id reveal who shared the link?
Not to the person who opens it: the value is opaque. Reddit generated it, so Reddit can connect the visit to the share it came from.
Does the post still open without share_id?
Yes. The subreddit and post id in the path address it.
Why does a Reddit link have utm_name=ioscss?
It is part of the tag set the Reddit app adds on Share. It names the client the share was made from. LinkClean removes it with the other utm_ tags.
Clean tracking on iPhone, in one tap.
LinkClean strips 250+ vendor-specific tracking parameters from any link, from any app's share sheet — and preserves functional ones like hl, t (YouTube timestamp), and q (search). No account, on-device.
