Free broken link checker

A link that points to a page or file that no longer loads — usually a 404 Not Found, a server error (5xx), a domain that no longer exists, or an expired SSL certificate. Visitors hit a dead end, and search engines waste crawl time on it.

Yes, indirectly. They waste crawl budget, stop link equity flowing to the pages you care about, and make a site look neglected to visitors — who then leave. A handful will not sink a site, but hundreds after a migration or redesign often coincide with ranking drops.

Every internal page it can reach from your homepage and your XML sitemap, and every link on those pages: other pages, external sites, images, scripts, stylesheets, iframes and video. You can switch off external links or assets, or check a single page only.

Broken means the URL failed — a 4xx or 5xx error, a missing domain, a timeout or an SSL error. Redirect means it works but goes via a 301 or 302 first, so update the link to the final URL. Blocked means the site refused an automated check (bot protection, a login wall or rate limiting) — open it in your browser to confirm; it is usually fine.

Yes — no sign-up, no credit card. Each visitor gets 5 scans per day. Very large sites stop at 10,000 pages per scan, which covers almost every business website.

Yes. It checks the public website the way a visitor or search engine sees it, so it works with any platform.

No. Results stay in your browser — download them as a CSV if you want to keep them. We only count scans to enforce the daily limit.