SafeShare Help · Feed Clean

Use Feed Clean Free and Pro correctly

Feed Clean helps you use RSS and Atom feeds with cleaner links. An original feed URL becomes a clean feed URL that you subscribe to in your feed reader.

This help page explains the difference between Feed Clean Free and Feed Clean Pro, the two modes Clean link and Clean link + partner, and how coupon parameters are handled.

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What is Feed Clean?

RSS and Atom feeds regularly deliver new entries from websites, blogs, news sources, or other publications. The links inside those entries often include tracking additions such as utm_*, gclid, fbclid, or similar parameters.

Feed Clean works at feed level. Instead of cleaning every individual link later, you create a clean feed URL. You subscribe to that URL in your feed reader. New feed entries then arrive with cleaner links.

Feed Clean does not replace a feed reader. It prepares feed links so less unnecessary link clutter is carried along.

Feed Clean Free or Feed Clean Pro?

Feed Clean is available as a simple free version for testing and as a Pro version for ongoing use.

Feed Clean Free

Feed Clean Free is the entry point. You enter an original feed URL, choose the cleaning behavior, and create a clean feed URL.

  • free to try
  • intended for individual feeds
  • ideal for testing the workflow
  • create a clean feed URL
  • choose Clean link or Clean link + partner
  • coupon handling can be controlled separately

Feed Clean Pro

Feed Clean Pro is for people who use several feeds regularly and do not want to set the same options again and again.

  • manage multiple feeds
  • dashboard for clearer overview
  • saved rules per feed
  • less repetition in daily use
  • better for research, monitoring, and curated sources
  • workflow instead of single-URL tinkering

Quick start with Feed Clean Free

  1. Copy the original feed URL
    Copy the RSS or Atom feed URL of your source.
  2. Open Feed Clean Free
    Open the Feed Clean page and paste the original feed URL.
  3. Choose a mode
    Choose Clean link or Clean link + partner.
  4. Set coupon handling consciously
    Decide separately whether coupon parameters should be kept.
  5. Create the clean feed URL
    Feed Clean creates a new clean feed URL from your original feed.
  6. Subscribe to the clean feed URL
    Add the generated URL to your RSS reader.
Feed URLs are meant for feed readers. If Safari, iOS, or a normal browser shows XML, plain text, or an unfamiliar view, that is not automatically an error.

The two modes

Clean link

This mode removes typical tracking additions from feed links. Partner or affiliate information is not deliberately kept.

Use this mode when you want feed links to be as reduced as possible and free from unnecessary tracking clutter.

Clean link + partner

This mode removes tracking additions, but deliberately keeps partner or affiliate information.

Use this mode when you want link hygiene but do not want to remove legitimate partner attribution.

Why coupon handling is separate

A coupon is not automatically the same thing as tracking. That is why Feed Clean handles coupon parameters separately.

You can consciously decide whether coupon parameters should stay or be removed. This prevents useful discount or promotion information from disappearing by default.

Partner and coupon are two separate conscious decisions.

What typically gets removed?

Feed Clean removes typical tracking and campaign additions from links, for example:

Tracking and campaigns

  • utm_*, e.g. utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign
  • gclid, dclid, gbraid, wbraid
  • fbclid, msclkid, yclid
  • mc_cid, mc_eid, and similar newsletter or campaign values

Careful with function

Which parameters are removed or kept depends on the selected mode and the specific link structure. Feed Clean should make links cleaner, not blindly destroy important functionality.

Limits of Feed Clean

Feed Clean improves link hygiene. It is not an anonymity solution.

  • Feed Clean does not make you invisible.
  • Websites may still recognize you through cookies, logins, fingerprinting, or IP addresses.
  • Shortlinks or redirect links can only be handled meaningfully when the actual target is technically visible.
  • Some feed sources block external requests or only deliver feeds in limited ways.
  • If a feed is technically unreachable, Feed Clean cannot generate a clean feed output from it.
Realistic promise:
less link clutter, more control, no false security promises.

Why does a feed URL sometimes look strange in the browser?

RSS and Atom feeds are not primarily made for normal browser pages. They are data sources for feed readers.

That is why it can be normal for a browser to show XML, plain text, an empty view, or an unfamiliar layout. What matters is that you subscribe to the clean feed URL in an RSS reader.

If something does not work

The clean feed URL does not look good in the browser

That is often normal. Test the URL in an RSS reader instead of a normal browser window.

The feed does not load

First check whether the original feed URL is reachable. Some websites block feed requests, use unusual formats, or only deliver feeds under certain conditions.

A link still looks complicated after cleaning

Not every long link is automatically tracking. Some parameters are technically necessary, for example for search, sorting, language, page state, or media views.

Partner information remains

Check whether you selected Clean link + partner. In this mode, partner or affiliate information is deliberately kept.

FAQ

Is Feed Clean Free free?

Yes. Feed Clean Free is meant for trying the workflow and is suitable for simple single feeds.

When do I need Feed Clean Pro?

Feed Clean Pro is useful if you want to use multiple feeds permanently, save rules, and manage your feeds more clearly.

What does “Clean link” mean?

“Clean link” removes typical tracking additions from feed links. Partner or affiliate information is not deliberately kept.

What does “Clean link + partner” mean?

Tracking additions are removed while partner or affiliate information is deliberately kept.

Does Feed Clean make me anonymous?

No. Feed Clean reduces link clutter, but it does not prevent recognition through cookies, logins, fingerprinting, or IP addresses.

Can Feed Clean process every feed?

Not guaranteed. The feed must be technically reachable and processable. Some providers block requests or use unusual structures.