Chrome extension
Scan the page or site in your tab, highlight broken links, and keep a side panel open while you fix them.
The Chrome extension page explains what the extension does and links to the Chrome Web Store.
- Install the extension Add Broken Link Checker to Chrome from the Web Store, see what each permission is for, and get started from the welcome page. Read article →
- Guest mode and signing in Scan one page a day without an account, sign in through brokenlinkchecker.io for more scans and whole-site scans, then sign out or revoke access. Read article →
- Scan a page or a site Start a scan from the popup, pick This page or Entire site, set the Advanced options, follow the progress and read the results screen. Read article →
- The four link states Every link the extension checks is broken, blocked, a redirect or OK. See what each state means, how its badge looks and which ones count as broken. Read article →
- Highlight and the side panel Outline a broken link on the page, keep results open in the side panel, group, sort and ignore links, and read the toolbar badge and notifications. Read article →
- Extension options and shortcuts Set scan defaults, the theme, exclude patterns and notifications on the Options page, check your plan and usage, and change the keyboard shortcuts. Read article →
- Extension privacy What the Chrome extension sends to brokenlinkchecker.io, what it keeps inside Chrome, and what it never reads or touches, in plain words. Read article →
- Extension troubleshooting Fix the common extension problems, from pages it cannot scan and blocked sites to counts that differ from the website and an expired session. Read article →