How to use the free broken link checker

Crawl any public URL and get a full report of 404s, 5xx errors, redirect chains, and dead outbound links.

Quick answer

Enter a start URL at /tools/broken-link-checker. The crawler visits every internal link and reports status codes, redirect chains, and broken outbound links.

What it checks

Where to find it in Lemwatch

/tools/broken-link-checker — public. Signed-in users can schedule recurring scans and get email diffs.

How to use it

  1. Enter your homepage URL as the starting point.
  2. Set crawl depth (default 2 pages).
  3. Click Start scan.
  4. Filter results by status code or link type.
  5. Export CSV or click Monitor to run this daily inside Lemwatch.

FAQ

How deep does the crawl go?

Anonymous scans cap at ~500 URLs. Paid plans go deeper. See our budgets in Broken Link Checker Reliability.

Does it respect robots.txt?

Yes — disallowed paths are skipped and reported separately.

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