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I want to copy a link in Google without opening that link and without the "Google stuff".

Copy Link in Google

When I use my browser by right-clicking the link and selecting Copy Link Location, it copies a very long link because of the Google stuff.

http://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2FC%2F0%2FA%2FC0AEF0CC-B969-406D-989A-4CDAFDBB3F3C%2FWin8_UXG_RTM.pdf&ei=1bWHULCyEZGQiQfl_IGIDA&usg=AFQjCNEtK1uai68ZKixTovFm2bwe7C9LGg&sig2=cPFFl4ARTTr7xHTHcr5k8A

I just want the download.microsoft.com/.../C/0/A/.../Win8_UXG_RTM.pdf URL, but I can't see it in my browser even after opening the site with Google.

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  • I came across the same problem this morning and noticed that `Bing` doesn't prefix or code links with redirector stuff. – jaume Oct 24 '12 at 10:20
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    See: [Turning off Google search results indirection](http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/22291/turning-off-google-search-results-indirection) on [webapps.se] – slhck Oct 24 '12 at 10:51
  • Hi, you can use the Google/Yandex search link fix plugin for firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-link-fix/?src=cb-dl-hotness) or Don't track me google for chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dont-track-me-google/gdbofhhdmcladcmmfjolgndfkpobecpg?hl=en) I got the info from http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/copy-crapfree-urls-googles-search-results/ – Andrei Apr 02 '14 at 09:30
  • See [this best answer](http://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/40834/65574) - requires no scripts, no going to other websites or anything. –  Dec 03 '15 at 02:06

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Simple. Take the url param of the google redirector link (copy link in the browser and paste it to any text editor), it's a string after url= and before first & symbol (bolded out):

http://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2FC%2F0%2FA%2FC0AEF0CC-B969-406D-989A-4CDAFDBB3F3C%2FWin8_UXG_RTM.pdf&ei=1bWHULCyEZGQiQfl_IGIDA&usg=AFQjCNEtK1uai68ZKixTovFm2bwe7C9LGg&sig2=cPFFl4ARTTr7xHTHcr5k8A

http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2FC%2F0%2FA%2FC0AEF0CC-B969-406D-989A-4CDAFDBB3F3C%2FWin8_UXG_RTM.pdf is a URL-encoded URI.

You can use this to decode it to http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/0/A/C0AEF0CC-B969-406D-989A-4CDAFDBB3F3C/Win8_UXG_RTM.pdf

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    A lot of trouble to go through for just getting a target link. Several automated solutions exist: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/copy-crapfree-urls-googles-search-results/ – Abel Sep 03 '15 at 11:31
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For this one online tool is available see here

just paste the long url and it will give the normal url

For more detail you can refer this link

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