What Is an Anonymous URL?
An anonymous URL is a link that hides its origin. When someone clicks a normal link, their browser sends an HTTP Referer header to the destination telling it which page the click came from. An anonymous URL strips that referrer data, so the destination site sees traffic arriving from the anonymizer service rather than from your page, forum post, or document. This protects the sharer (concealing which site or community you're active in) without any special software on the clicker's side.
How the Anonymiz URL Generator Works
The Anonymiz anonymous URL generator wraps any destination URL in a redirect that sets Referrer-Policy: no-referrer before forwarding the visitor. The process:
- Paste any URL into the generator.
- Get back a short anonymiz.com link.
- When someone clicks that link, they land on an Anonymiz redirect page that strips all referrer data.
- The destination server sees the visitor arriving from Anonymiz, not from wherever you posted the link.
No account required. No click logs stored. No data sent to third parties.
When to Use Anonymous URLs
- Sharing links in public communities — posting to Reddit, Hacker News, or Discord without revealing which community you're in to the destination site's analytics.
- Internal research — sharing competitor links within your organization without revealing your corporate domain to the competitor's analytics team.
- Affiliate and referral link privacy — concealing your traffic sources from merchants or preventing referral attribution from being visible.
- Document sharing — sharing links from confidential internal documents without leaking your intranet domain to external sites.
- Privacy by default — simply not wanting every website you link to know which page you came from.
What Gets Stripped
The Anonymiz anonymous URL generator removes:
- HTTP Referer header — the destination cannot identify your source page
- UTM tracking parameters — utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_content are stripped from the forwarded URL
- Ad network click IDs — fbclid (Facebook), gclid (Google), msclkid (Microsoft), ttclid (TikTok), and 40+ others are removed
Anonymous URL vs Dereferer vs URL Shortener
- URL shortener — makes long URLs shorter. Most (bit.ly, TinyURL) still pass through the referrer and log clicks. The Anonymiz shortener combines shortening with referrer stripping.
- Dereferer — a redirect that specifically strips the HTTP Referer before sending you to the destination. Use the Anonymiz dereferer to wrap individual links ad-hoc.
- Anonymous URL generator — creates a persistent short link that anonymizes all traffic through it, ideal for public posts where you want ongoing anonymity for all future clickers.
Generate an Anonymous Link
Use the Anonymiz anonymous URL generator to create untraceable links in seconds. Paste any URL, copy the anonymous link, share it anywhere. Free, no account required.
