Where do its links go?
Broken link checker
Paste a page. We follow every link on it, and on up to four more pages from its menu, and show you the ones that lead nowhere. It is free and needs no account.
It checks public pages only. The report gets its own link and is kept for 30 days.
What counts as broken
A link is broken when the answer says so. Each one in the report comes with the page it is on and the words it is written in.
A page that does not exist
The link answers 404 or 410. Your own site’s “not found” page counts, even when it looks like a normal page.
A site that cannot be found
The domain no longer resolves: a partner that closed, a campaign site nobody renewed.
A certificate browsers refuse
Visitors get a full-page security warning instead of the page the link promised.
A redirect that never ends
The link bounces from one address to the next until the browser gives up.
A server error
The page answers 500 or another error. It is asked twice before it counts, so a moment’s hiccup is not a finding.
How it follows links
Once each, with scripts turned off and nothing on the page it leads to loaded, so a link costs the site at the other end one request. It skips links that would log out, delete, unsubscribe or empty a cart, and links to your own site that carry a query. Your own links come first, and your menu's before the rest.
What it never calls broken
A sign-in page, a bot check or a site that refuses automated visitors gives no clear answer about the link, so those are counted apart. A link to a private address or an unusual port is never visited.
And everything else the check finds
The same report presses menus and tabs and lists the code that crashes, the files that fail to load and the buttons that do nothing, and opens the first page again on a phone-sized screen.
Questions
Does it crawl my whole site?
No. It checks the links on the page you give it and on up to four more pages from your menu, up to 60 links in all. To check another part of your site, paste a page from it.
Does it check links to other sites?
Yes. Links to your own site come first, then links to other sites. A partner's page that no longer exists, or a domain that lapsed, is still your link to fix.
Why does a link say it gave no clear answer?
Some sites answer automated visitors with a sign-in page, a bot check or a refusal instead of the page, and LinkedIn answers them with a code of its own. That says nothing about the link, so it is counted apart and never called broken.
What does it do on my site?
It follows each link once, like a visitor clicking it with scripts turned off, and skips any that would log out, delete, unsubscribe or empty a cart. It never submits a form, accepts a cookie banner, or presses anything that buys or signs in.
Is it free?
Yes, with no account and no card. There is a daily limit shared by everybody, so on a busy day you may have to come back tomorrow.
Is my report public?
It has its own link, which only the people you give it to will know. It is hidden from search engines and deleted after 30 days.
When a visitor finds one first
They click what broke and write a sentence. The ticket arrives with the page, the browser and the element they clicked, so nobody has to ask which link it was.