Can the person I sent the link to tell it came from me?

Not from share_id alone — it's opaque to recipients. But Reddit's internal analytics can attribute the click to your account, which is why shared posts sometimes show up in "popular with your network" rails.

Remove tracking

Remove tracking from Reddit links

Reddit's share_id and rdt parameters are generated every time you share a post. They let Reddit attribute downstream clicks and comments back to the original share event. The post loads identically without them.

Try it — paste a Reddit link

Or prepend prunethe.link/https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/abc123/post_title/?share_id=xyz789&rdt=54321

Before and after

Original (with tracking)

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/abc123/post_title/?share_id=xyz789&rdt=54321

Cleaned

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/abc123/post_title/

Removed (2)

share_idrdt

What Reddit tracks in shared links

share_id is a per-share unique identifier tied to your account and the share surface. rdt is Reddit's encoded tracking token. Together they feed Reddit's engagement analytics and advertising attribution.

Reddit tracking parameters explained

share_id: Unique per-share identifier tied to the sharer's account.
rdt: Reddit encoded tracking token (session + share context).
ref: Referring surface (frontpage, subreddit, search).
ref_source: Named bucket for the referring surface.

Frequently asked questions

Can the person I sent the link to tell it came from me?: Not from share_id alone — it's opaque to recipients. But Reddit's internal analytics can attribute the click to your account, which is why shared posts sometimes show up in "popular with your network" rails.