Google urls not completely cleaned

[Neustradamus]

Dear @ClearURLs team, @KevinRoebert,

It is new, do a test search and you will have:

• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&sca_esv=XXXXXXXXX
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&oe=utf-8
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&stick=XXXXXXXXX
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&si=XXXXXXXXX
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&cshid=XXXXXXXXX
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

You can see:

• sca_esv
• oe
• stick
• si
• cshid
• sclient

Can you remove it?

Thanks in advance.

Linked to:

• Google urls not completely cleaned #314
• Google urls not completely cleaned Rules#153
• Google urls not completely cleaned Rules#150
• Google trackers Rules#146
• Google trackers Rules#154
• Google urls not completely cleaned Rules#85
• https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/rules/-/issues/283
• https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/rules/-/issues/325
• https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/ClearUrls/-/issues/1322
• https://gitlab.com/ClearURLs/ClearUrls/-/issues/1276

[Neustradamus]

In more, with Firefox, there is "oe=utf-8" in more:

• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&oe=utf-8

[n0099]

https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/172215/google-videos-search-sca-esv-query-parameter-possible-tracking

[FuccDucc]

I can see such parameters at the end of URL (not cleaned by ClearURLs plugin as of today): &sca_upv (i dont know why for you it was _esv instead of _upv, maybe local or Google alghoritm dependent)

But there are some catches to it.. it will happen if you:

1. search directly from the Google.com search field (cleanly)
2. search once directly in URL bar (with Chrome/browser set to Google as default search engine), and then change your search term from there on in Google's search field that contains your initial search term

^ On first try from URL bar, the URL will be properly cleaned by ClearURL. But when you modify the search term, it will fail to properly clean it, and the "sca" parameters will be added, to track you.

So this means the new tracking parameter has to do with Google site's search field. At present, ClearURLs plugin is only still successful to clean tracking elements out of Chrome/Browser Search Engine omnibox typed searches. Unless the user changes their search term using the Google.com website once afterwards.

[FuccDucc]

hey @KevinRoebert

Any comments on this problem? Why no interest to fix a big problem like this? Google can spy on us again.
Did Google pay you off to be tolerant of this as alternative?

[Neustradamus]

@KevinRoebert: New ones and to recall all:

• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&sca_esv=XXXXXXXXX
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&oe=utf-8
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&stick=XXXXXXXXX
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&si=XXXXXXXXX
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&cshid=XXXXXXXXX
• https://www.google.com/search?q=test&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Can you solve all?

[Neustradamus]

Any progress on it?

We are 2025-10-19, the fixes are not here...