How can I deactivate the steam url filter?
If I open a link through the steam chat fenster a what I call URL-Filter appears. It notice you that you are leaving the offical steam sites.
I really want to remove that. I know myself when I leave steam and I also know how to recognize phishing sites.
I added here a image of the site I mean:
How can I remove that screen? Keep in mind that I do not really want to install any software, plugins or other strange tools to remove that!
Are there several solutions?
Best Answer
In addition to the other answer using greasemonkey, you can use a browser plugin called redirector available for Firefox or Chrome.
You will need to open the redirector menu, select edit redirects, and then make a new redirect.
You'll fill in the fields like so:
Description: skip steam's link filter
Example URL: https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://forums.factorio.com/61015
Include pattern: https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=*
Redirect to: $1
Pattern type: wildcard
You don't have to use my description or example URL, but it won't hurt anything if you do.
After creating your redirect, anytime you click an external link with steam, it will automatically redirect from steam's link filter to the site you wanted.
You can also bypass the link filter if you use the Enhanced Steam plugin by going to options, selecting community, then checking "Disable confirmation when accessing external sites"
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