How does the page scan actually work?

It collects every anchor in the active tab, dispatches concurrent requests from your browser, and groups responses into healthy, warning, and broken buckets.

Does it follow redirect chains?

Yes. Each link shows the original URL and the final destination so multi-hop chains can be shortened.

Can I export the broken-link results?

Yes. Copy results to the clipboard or download a report file with status code, target URL, and original anchor text.

Is my browsing data sent anywhere?

No. Requests go directly to scanned URLs from your browser. No analytics service receives the URL list.

Why does a working link sometimes show as a warning?

Some servers reject HEAD requests, return non-standard codes, or rate-limit checks. Warnings are kept distinct from confirmed failures.

Will it slow down my browser?

No. The extension is idle until you trigger a scan and dispatches requests in controlled batches.

How do I uninstall the extension?

Right-click the toolbar icon and choose Remove or remove it from the extensions page. Local preferences are cleared with it.

Dead Link Checker

The On-Page Broken Link Workflow Modern Editors Trust

The Dead Link Checker scans every link on the active page in seconds. Furthermore, it flags broken URLs, redirect chains, and unreachable hosts directly in a tidy report. Therefore, your articles, docs, and landing pages stay trustworthy — and your visitors never bounce on a 404.

Get the extension: Add to Chrome

Built for Honest, Healthy Pages

One-Click Page Scan

Open the popup and the extension extracts every anchor on the active tab. Furthermore, it pings each destination concurrently — therefore, the broken-link list is ready in seconds, even on long-form content with hundreds of outbound references.

Status Code Breakdown

Each link reports its HTTP status, redirect target, and final destination. Moreover, results are grouped into healthy, warning, and broken buckets — consequently, you can fix the most damaging errors first instead of scrolling through a flat list.

Export & Share Reports

Copy the broken-link list to the clipboard or export a clean report file. As a result, fixes can be handed to writers, SEO teams, or developers without screenshots, manual transcription, or messy spreadsheet copy-paste workflows.

Your Audit, Without It vs With It

Without

Manual link clicking, missed errors

Opening every reference link in a new tab to verify it.
Pasting URLs into separate web crawlers one page at a time.
Discovering 404s only after readers complain.

With Dead Link Checker

Every link verified inside the tab

Scan the whole page with a single click in the popup.
Sort results by status — broken, warning, healthy.
Export the broken-link list straight to your fix queue.

Moments It Saves Your Day

Content Editor

Republishing an evergreen blog post

You open last year’s flagship article and scan it before the refresh goes live. Furthermore, three dead citations surface instantly — therefore, the updated version ships with intact references instead of silent broken anchors.

SEO Specialist

Cleaning up a top-ranking landing page

You audit outbound links on a high-traffic page and catch a stale redirect chain. Moreover, the report copies straight into the dev ticket — consequently, crawl-budget waste is eliminated before the next indexing cycle starts.

Documentation Maintainer

Reviewing a knowledge-base article

You sweep a docs page that links out to vendor APIs and tutorials. In addition, the broken-link export drives the next housekeeping sprint — therefore, support tickets about dead references stop arriving in your inbox.

Capabilities at a Glance

One-Click Page Scan HTTP Status Codes Redirect Detection Broken / Warning / Healthy Concurrent Requests Internal & External Links Copy to Clipboard Export Report No Account Needed Local Processing Lightweight Popup Keyboard Friendly

Technical Specifications

Supported Browsers

Chromium-based browsers including Chrome, Edge, Brave

Permissions

Active tab and local storage only

Scan Scope

All anchors on the current page

Network

HEAD and GET requests issued by your browser

Reporting

Copy to clipboard and downloadable report

Account

None — installs and runs anonymously

Setup

None — install and use immediately

Update Channel

Automatic via the official browser web store

Frequently Asked Questions

When you trigger a scan, the extension collects every anchor in the current tab and dispatches concurrent requests from your browser. Furthermore, response codes are grouped into healthy, warning, and broken buckets. Therefore, you receive an organised report instead of a raw log, and the most damaging issues stay clearly visible at the top of the list.

Yes. Each link reports the original URL alongside the final destination after redirects. Moreover, multi-hop chains are flagged so you can shorten them and reclaim crawl budget. Consequently, you spot misconfigured legacy URLs that still resolve but slow down both visitors and search engines without ever obviously failing.

Yes. Results can be copied to the clipboard or downloaded as a report file. Therefore, broken links can be pasted straight into a ticket, spreadsheet, or chat thread. Furthermore, the report keeps the status code, target URL, and original anchor text, so reviewers immediately understand the context behind every reported failure.

No. Requests come from your browser to the destination URLs you scanned, exactly as if you clicked them. Furthermore, no analytics service receives the URL list. Consequently, internal staging environments and authenticated dashboards remain safe to audit, because nothing about the active page is uploaded to any third-party server.

Some servers reject automated HEAD requests, return non-standard codes, or rate-limit checks. Therefore, a link can appear as a warning even though it works for a real visitor. Moreover, the report distinguishes warnings from confirmed failures, so you can manually verify only the ambiguous cases instead of treating every yellow row as broken.

No. The extension stays idle until you trigger a scan. Furthermore, requests are issued in controlled batches so your network stays responsive. Consequently, even pages with hundreds of outbound links complete quickly, and other tabs continue to load normally throughout the entire scanning process from start to finish.

Right-click the toolbar icon and choose Remove, or open the browser extensions page and remove it from there. Furthermore, locally stored preferences are cleared with it. Therefore, no leftover files remain. Consequently, reinstalling later starts from a clean state, exactly as if it were a fresh first install.