Strip unwanted Facebook tracking code from links

[LVZ]

Annoyed with posting links that add Facebook tracking codes?
To strip the code, I found a short Javascript URL redirect.

https://1-DOT.com/to/?example.com/?tag=OK&fbclid=REMOVE

Facebook example ( "Text added" ) -- https://facebook.com/groups/summerlin.outdoors/posts/1815748399369263

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https://1-DOT.com/poplinks

[justaprogressive]

1. K'n'R

Useful and discreet.

[barbtries]

2. I don't understand how to use it?

thanks

[LVZ]

3. Example

If you have a link that you want to post to Facebook
Example: https://www.democraticunderground.com/12165900

When you post the link to Facebook, this is what Facebook adds:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12165900?fbclid=IwY2xjawKdSgBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFPMWhqMEtZdDJNY25vbTBHAR5eKdIgrFysQR3z1Hgx5pL0yBApK_O5bBq08zb8vfngCO-vd17jm9b5fdEZpw_aem_fMho0GY0F4L2WbuVZE5_wA

If instead, you post to Facebook using this redirection link:

https://1-DOT.com/to/?www.democraticunderground.com/12165900

The "stripped" link is redirected to your intended webpage (without the Facebook tracking code)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12165900

[LVZ]

4. minor update

?fbclid= ... is the start of Facebook's long tracking code

[Las Vegas Mixx]

5. Facebook problem with FIX

The redirect link works great except that Facebook does not add a thumbnail image to the post.
This may not be important but if it is, I have a fix (Facebook hack) that restores the post thumbnail.

Note that post #1 has no thumbnail image but post #3 has the image with the same redirect link.
The trick is to post the original link (#2). Then edit your post to erase the original link replacing it with the redirect link. Facebook will keep the old thumbnail image even though the link URL has changed.

[LVZ]

6. So, sometimes a (Facebook) bug can also be a solution ... n/t

[LVZ]

7. For website owners, add this to your .htaccess file

For your own website, add this near top of .htaccess file to strip Facebook tracking.

< IfModule mod_rewrite.c >
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*?)(&?fbclid=[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1?%1 [L,NE,R=301]
< /IfModule >

NOTE: remove space after/before ... < and > characters ...

in use example: https://1-DOT.com/poplinks/?x&fbclid=REMOVE