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Dead Link Finder

Dead Link Finder—free, browser-based, no signup.

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Private on your device

Your information stays on your device and is not uploaded.

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What is a broken link checker?

A broken link checker scans links on a page or sitemap and reports HTTP status codes, redirects, and failures. Helps fix SEO and user-experience issues before launch.

Dead Link Finder on Utilnivo helps you dead link finder on your device. scan a homepage before launch—three footer links return 404 after a URL restructure. Free, no signup for standard use.

Technical SEO tasks like dead link finder are easiest to fix before launch than after indexation.

Use topic guides on sitemaps, schema, and audits to connect this tool with related checks.

How to use this tool

Enter your URL or markup details, generate or check output for dead link finder, then paste results into your CMS or deploy pipeline.

Worked example

Example: scan a homepage before launch—three footer links return 404 after a URL restructure.

When to use this

  • You are launching a new site or section.
  • Search Console flagged sitemap or markup issues.
  • You need a quick audit before a client handoff.

Common examples

  • Blog post HTML → flags `/old-pricing` returning 404 in the footer.
  • Resource page with 15 outbound links → surfaces two 403 partner URLs blocked to bots.
  • Post-migration homepage → confirms `/docs/getting-started` redirects but `/docs/api` is 404.
  • Email newsletter archive paste → finds `http://` mixed-content links that fail on HTTPS site.
  • Affiliate page QA → catches truncated URL missing trailing slash before publish.
  • Internal wiki export → lists broken image `src` paths still pointing at retired CDN host.

What people search for

  • broken link checker
  • dead link checker
  • check broken links on website
  • website link checker free
  • seo broken link audit

Common mistakes

  • Publishing sitemaps that list redirect chains or 404s.
  • Adding schema that does not match visible page content.
  • Checking only the homepage and missing template pages.

Related long-tail tasks

  • dead link finder

How it works

Extract links from HTML or a fetched page, then send HEAD requests to check HTTP status codes. Broken or unreachable links are listed in a results table.

Limitations

Checks up to 20 unique URLs per run. Some sites block live checks from the browser—paste HTML when fetch fails. Status codes reflect what your browser can reach, not a full server crawl.

Privacy and file handling

Your data stays on your device and is not uploaded.

Important notice

Link checks run from your browser and may be blocked by site security or rate limits. Only the first 20 unique URLs are tested per run.

Related Broken Link Checker guides

These pages use the same broken link checker with guides tailored to specific search intents.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How deep does dead link finder crawl?

Start from URLs you provide; large sites may need section-by-section scans.

What makes this dead link finder different from the base tool?

This page focuses on "dead link finder" intent with worked examples and FAQs tailored to that search—open the base broken link checker tool from related links when you need the full feature set.

Are my inputs uploaded to a server?

Standard Utilnivo tools run on your device. Inputs are not sent to our servers unless a page explicitly performs a network lookup.

Is Dead Link Finder free to use?

Yes. This page is free with no account required for standard use.

When should I use a dead link finder?

Use it when you want a fast answer for "dead link finder" without installing desktop software or creating an account.

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