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Free Broken Link Checker Online — No Signup Required

Broken Link Checker helps you Check a list of URLs and mark timeout or fetch failures — find and fix 404 errors on your website — free, in 2026, without leaving the browser. It is built for SEOs, marketers, growth teams, and site owners, so you can check metadata, generate files, or review crawl and indexing signals with a fast public URL, clear output, and a workflow that stays focused on the task instead of setup.

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What is Broken Link Checker?

Broken links (links that return 404 Not Found, 403 Forbidden, or connection errors) damage user experience and SEO. Google treats pages with many broken outbound links as lower quality and may reduce their crawl priority. Users who follow a broken link to a 404 page are more likely to leave the site entirely. Regular broken link audits are essential site maintenance, particularly after redesigns, URL changes, or migrations that can silently break internal links.

This checker crawls a given page, extracts all links (internal and external), and tests each one for a valid HTTP response. Results are grouped by status: working (2xx), redirects (3xx — working but may need updating), broken (4xx), and errors (5xx or connection refused). External links that now redirect to different content (a site was acquired and 301s redirect to the acquirer's homepage) are flagged as redirect chains worth reviewing.

How to use Broken Link Checker in 3 steps
  1. 1

    Enter a page URL

    Paste the URL of the page you want to check for broken links.

  2. 2

    Wait for the crawl

    The tool fetches the page, extracts all links, and tests each one. A page with 100+ links may take 30–60 seconds.

  3. 3

    Review and fix broken links

    Export the broken links list, then update or remove the broken links in your CMS or source code.

Key features and benefits
  • Checks all internal and external links on a page
  • Groups results by status: working, redirect, broken, error
  • Flags redirect chains and permanent redirects
  • No install or account needed
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Broken Link Checker FAQs

Quick answers about the workflow, privacy, and where this tool fits in a broader job.

Why does a link show as broken when it works in my browser?

Some servers return different responses to bots vs. browsers (user-agent discrimination), require JavaScript to load (can't be tested with a simple HTTP request), or have CORS restrictions that block cross-origin checks. The checker reports the raw HTTP response, which may differ from browser behavior.

How often should I check for broken links?

Monthly for active sites with frequent content changes. Quarterly for stable sites. Always run a check after a redesign, domain migration, or CMS platform change.

What should I do with broken external links?

Options: remove the link, replace it with an updated URL, or link to an archived version (web.archive.org). For broken internal links, fix the destination URL in your CMS.

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