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Free broken link checker
Find dead links before your visitors do. Every link on your page, including the ones hidden in closed menus, followed in a real browser: pages that are gone, server errors and dead domains, each with where it is.
Every link, closed menus includedUsually under a minuteNo sign-up
What it checks
Every kind of dead end
Pages that are gone
Links answering 404 or 410: on your own site a major problem, on other sites a minor one.
Server errors
Links on your own site that answer 500 or another server error.
Dead domains
Links to websites whose address no longer exists at all.
Hidden menus
Links in closed dropdowns and mobile menus, which visitors open but most checkers never see.
Jump links
Links to #sections that no element on the page has.
No false alarms
Sites that refuse robots (401, 403, 429, LinkedIn’s 999) are never called broken.
Three steps, usually under a minute
- 1
Paste your page
Any public address: a live page, a staging link or a client preview.
- 2
We follow every link
Links on your own site are opened like a visitor would; links to other sites are checked from our servers.
- 3
Fix the dead ones
Each broken link with its address, its answer and the words it sits on.
Guide
Why broken links matter, and how to fix them
- 01
They cost visitors and trust
A link that ends on an error page loses the visitor at the moment they wanted more. Broken links in a menu or footer appear on every page, so one dead link can be hundreds. - 02
They waste search engines’ time
Search engines follow links to find your pages. Links to pages that are gone waste that effort, and pages that were moved without a redirect lose the links other sites gave them. - 03
How to fix each kind
Moved page: add a 301 redirect from the old address to the new one, and update the link. Deleted page: remove the link or point it at the closest page that exists. Other site gone: link to an archived copy or remove it. Server error: it is your server failing, not the link; check the server logs. - 04
Check before every launch
Links break when pages are renamed, menus are rebuilt or a staging address slips in. A free account checks links together with layout, accessibility and launch mistakes in one run.
Check your own page now
Free, in a real browser, about a minute. No account needed.
Questions
Is it a dead link checker too?
Yes. Broken links and dead links are the same thing: links to pages that are gone (404 or 410), that answer a server error, or that point at a domain that no longer exists. This dead link finder reports all three, with where each link sits on the page.
Does it check my whole website?
The free tool checks every link on one page, hidden menus included. A Lens or Prism account checks up to 15 or 250 pages in one go and can re-check them every week.
Why are some links not reported even though they failed?
Some sites (LinkedIn, many shops and social networks) answer automated visits with 401, 403, 429 or 999 while working fine for people. Those are never reported as broken, so you only see real dead links.
Does it check images and scripts too?
This tool checks links. A full check also reports images that fail to load, missing files and console errors.
Do I need an account?
No. You can run a few free checks without one. Your result has a private link that we never list or index.
Free, no account needed
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Free account, 5 checks a day: links, layout on 5 screen sizes, accessibility and forms, each problem with a fix.