Free Broken Link Checker
Enter a URL and we will fetch the page and actually check up to 20 of its links, flagging any that return 4xx, 5xx, or are unreachable.
YOU WILL SEE
Broken / redirected / healthy counts
A link table with real HTTP status
Anchor text and rel values
Repairs CSV export
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Free Broken Link Checker: Find Dead Links | InRankSEO
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Find every broken and redirected link on any page, checked live and free. No account needed, results in seconds.
Title: 53/60 chars ✓ · Description: 112/155 chars ✓. Each tool page on InRankSEO gets its own unique, keyword-targeted title and meta description so every tool ranks independently on Google.
CHECK 1 OF 4 · WHAT IS A BROKEN LINK CHECKER?
What is a broken link checker?
A broken link checker crawls a page's links and reports which ones no longer work. Our checker fetches your URL, extracts every anchor href, and makes a real HTTP request to each (up to 20), then reports the status as broken, redirected, or healthy.
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| What is a broken link checker? | Checked |
CHECK 2 OF 4 · WHY BROKEN LINKS HURT SEO
Why broken links hurt SEO
Broken links send crawlers and users to dead ends. Search engines waste crawl budget on 404s, and visitors who hit one are more likely to leave. A cluster of broken links can also signal a neglected site.
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| Why broken links hurt SEO | Checked |
CHECK 3 OF 4 · WHAT THE BROKEN LINK CHECKER REPORTS
What the Broken Link Checker reports
- Broken links (4xx and 5xx responses).
- Redirected links (3xx), shown separately from broken.
- Healthy links (2xx).
- The exact HTTP status, anchor text, and rel value for each link.
- A summary count you can export as CSV.
| Check | Status |
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| Broken links (4xx and 5xx responses). | Checked |
| Redirected links (3xx), shown separately from broken. | Checked |
| Healthy links (2xx). | Checked |
| The exact HTTP status, anchor text, and rel value for each link. | Checked |
| A summary count you can export as CSV. | Checked |
CHECK 4 OF 4 · HOW TO FIX BROKEN LINKS
How to fix broken links
For each broken link, either update the href to a working destination, add a 301 redirect from the dead URL to a relevant live page, or remove the link. Use the Redirect Map Generator to build redirects for a batch of dead URLs at once.
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| How to fix broken links | Checked |
WHY BROKEN LINK MATTERS
Broken Link is the part of ranking you fully control.
Real people search Google every day for exactly this. This section answers those searches directly.
What is a broken link checker?
A broken link checker crawls a page's links and reports which ones no longer work. Our checker fetches your URL, extracts every anchor href, and makes a real HTTP request to each (up to 20), then reports the status as broken, redirected, or healthy.
You get a count of broken, redirected, and healthy links plus a table with the exact status code, anchor text, and rel attribute for each.
Why broken links hurt SEO
Broken links send crawlers and users to dead ends. Search engines waste crawl budget on 404s, and visitors who hit one are more likely to leave. A cluster of broken links can also signal a neglected site.
Fixing them, by updating the destination, adding a redirect, or removing the link, recovers that equity and improves the crawl experience.
What the Broken Link Checker reports
Broken links (4xx and 5xx responses).
Redirected links (3xx), shown separately from broken.
Healthy links (2xx).
The exact HTTP status, anchor text, and rel value for each link.
A summary count you can export as CSV.
How to fix broken links
For each broken link, either update the href to a working destination, add a 301 redirect from the dead URL to a relevant live page, or remove the link. Use the Redirect Map Generator to build redirects for a batch of dead URLs at once.
Re-run the checker after fixing to confirm the broken count dropped to zero.
68%
of first pages pass title checks
41%
miss a canonical tag
27%
have thin content (<300 words)
9,412
audits run on InRankSEO
DATA FROM 9,412 REAL AUDITS
The most common broken link issues we find.
Aggregated and updated monthly from anonymous, real audit data.
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