Paste a youtu.be link above to see which video it opens, without clicking it.
youtu.be is YouTube's own short link, used when you press Share on a video. Shared links usually carry an extra code, "si=", at the end. It's a share identifier that can link the shared video back to the account that shared it, so passing the link on can reveal who sent it.
YouTube also adds "feature=youtu.be" when you arrive through a short link, to record where the click came from.
Link Unmasker follows the link to the video page and gives you a clean copy without the si code or the feature tag. The parts that matter are kept, like the video itself and a start time if the link has one.
You'll also see the cookies YouTube tries to set on the first visit. Because the link is followed from our server, YouTube doesn't see your visit while you check it.
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What this can't do
- It can't tell you a site is safe. It shows where a link goes, not whether the page there is honest. Check the final address yourself, letter by letter.
- Some redirects need a full browser. Pages that run a lot of code before moving you on, or that ask you to click a button, stop the trail there. We show the page we reached.
- Some sites block automated visits. They may show a "checking your browser" page or an error instead of what you'd see.
- Links that need you to be logged in end at a sign-in page here, because we never use your accounts.
- It doesn't see tracking inside the final page, such as analytics scripts and ad pixels. Only the redirects, address codes and cookies on the way.