Paste an Instagram link and remove the share identifier Instagram attaches to it. The same rules cover Facebook and Threads links. Nothing is uploaded — the link never leaves your browser.
Copying a link from Instagram appends an igsh identifier, and older links carry igshid. Both encode who shared the post rather than which post it is, so the link you send can be traced back to you. Here is the same post before and after cleaning.
From the share sheet
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8xK2LtvQ9z/?igsh=MWQxcHZ6dGl3bXh5aQ%3D%3D
Cleaned
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8xK2LtvQ9z/
The post identifier C8xK2LtvQ9z is the only part that decides what opens. Everything after the question mark describes the share, not the post, so it can all come off. Facebook links behave the same way with mibextid, and Threads links with rdid.
This table is generated from the cleaning rules themselves, so it always matches what the tool actually does. These rules are scoped to Meta's domains because the tokens are short enough to collide with real parameters elsewhere. They apply on top of the site-wide rules, which already strip igshid, utm_source, fbclid and around sixty other trackers wherever they appear.
Applies to: facebook.com, instagram.com, fb.com, fb.watch, threads.net
| Parameter | Category | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| mibextid | Share token | Safe |
| igsh | Share token | Safe |
| rdid | Share token | Safe |
| share_url | Share token | Safe |
| refsrc | Share token | Safe |
| _nc_(matches any parameter starting with this) | Analytics | Safe |
Searches for an Instagram link cleaner, a way to remove the identifier from an Instagram link, a Facebook link scrubber, or how to sanitize Instagram links all describe one operation: deleting the query parameters that identify you as the sharer, while leaving the part that identifies the post. This page does that operation.
You do not need an app or an extension for it. The cleaning runs as JavaScript on this page, against rules that ship with the page, so there is no request to a server carrying your link and nothing to install. If you would rather see every rule that exists rather than just the Meta ones, the main URL Cleaner lists them all.
igsh is the share identifier Instagram appends when you copy a link. It encodes the share itself rather than the post, which is why two people sharing the same post produce different values. Removing it does not change which post opens.
igshid is the older identifier and igsh is its replacement. Both are removed — igshid by the site-wide rules that apply everywhere, igsh by the Meta rules scoped to Instagram, Facebook and Threads domains.
Yes. The same rule set covers facebook.com, fb.com, fb.watch, instagram.com and threads.net, so mibextid on a Facebook link and rdid on a Threads link are removed the same way.
Yes. The post identifier lives in the path, not the query string, so removing the tracking parameters leaves the link pointing at exactly the same post, reel or profile.
No. The cleaning happens in your browser using rules that are part of this page. Your link is never transmitted to a server, and no account is required.
The main URL Cleaner applies every rule this tool has — the site-wide trackers plus the platform-specific ones for Meta, YouTube and Amazon — and shows the full parameter reference.
Open the full URL CleanerPaste the link you copied from Instagram, Facebook or Threads. The share identifier comes off and nothing leaves your browser.
