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LVZ

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7. For website owners, add this to your .htaccess file

Reply to LVZ (Original post)

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 12:40 PM

Thursday

For your own website, add this near top of .htaccess file to strip Facebook tracking.

< IfModule mod_rewrite.c >
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*?)(&?fbclid=[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1?%1 [L,NE,R=301]
< /IfModule >

NOTE: remove space after/before ... < and > characters ...

in use example: https://1-DOT.com/poplinks/?x&fbclid=REMOVE

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For website owners, add this to your .htaccess file LVZ Thursday #7