Life Pro Tips

3256 readers

1 users here now

Unlocking the Secrets to Success and Fulfillment!

Rules

Share valuable life pro tips.
Keep it concise and clear.
Stay on-topic.
Respect fellow members.
No self-promotion.
Verify information before sharing.
Avoid illegal or unethical advice.
Report rule violations.

Join us and share your best life pro tips!

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

sabbah@lemmy.world

HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world

216

LPT: Always remove the si= part of YouTube links. (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zip to c/lifeprotips@lemmy.world

25 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The part that says either ?si= or &si= is only for tracking. You can remove this part of the link and it will still function just the same. It makes the link shorter and also helps protect your privacy. The only important part of a YouTube URL is the video ID. There are two types of URLs:

youtube.com/watch?v=

For this one you can remove everything after and including the ampersand if present.

youtu.be/(videoid)?tracking

For this one you can remove everything after and including the question mark.

Note the exception is if you want to intentionally leave in playlist information you might want to keep that part.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While this is a handy tool, I actually like cleaning up URLs manually. You see a lot of interesting and sometimes malicious stuff in there, like tracking IDs, campaign names, source names, app names etc. It's kinda rewarding to remove all that stuff and seeing the link is still working.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This utility breaks each one out so you can see them more easily, and selectively remove only the ones you want. It also allows you to directly edit the link manually at the same time, so you've got both the full control when you want it, and the convenience when you don't feel like screwing around. I'd suggest giving it a try before you knock it - it's quite powerful & flexible. Heck, it'll even check if what's left with the server & return the status code without you having to actually try loading the page.