diff --git a/react/features/app/index.js b/react/features/app/index.js
index 5d564613e..44000a1a7 100644
--- a/react/features/app/index.js
+++ b/react/features/app/index.js
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ export * from './actionTypes';
 export * from './components';
 export * from './functions';
 
+import './middleware';
 import './reducer';
diff --git a/react/features/app/middleware.js b/react/features/app/middleware.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8786ffcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/features/app/middleware.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import {
+    CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED,
+    getURLWithoutParams
+} from '../base/connection';
+import { MiddlewareRegistry } from '../base/redux';
+
+MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
+    switch (action.type) {
+    case CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED:
+        return _connectionEstablished(store, next, action);
+    }
+
+    return next(action);
+});
+
+/**
+ * Notifies the feature app that the action {@link CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED} is
+ * being dispatched within a specific Redux {@code store}.
+ *
+ * @param {Store} store - The Redux store in which the specified {@code action}
+ * is being dispatched.
+ * @param {Dispatch} next - The Redux {@code dispatch} function to dispatch the
+ * specified {@code action} to the specified {@code store}.
+ * @param {Action} action - The Redux action {@code CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED}
+ * which is being dispatched in the specified {@code store}.
+ * @private
+ * @returns {Object} The new state that is the result of the reduction of the
+ * specified {@code action}.
+ */
+function _connectionEstablished(store, next, action) {
+    const result = next(action);
+
+    // In the Web app we explicitly do not want to display the hash and
+    // query/search URL params. Unfortunately, window.location and, more
+    // importantly, its params are used not only in jitsi-meet but also in
+    // lib-jitsi-meet. Consequenlty, the time to remove the params is
+    // determined by when no one needs them anymore.
+    const { history, location } = window;
+
+    if (history
+            && location
+            && history.length
+            && typeof history.replaceState === 'function') {
+        const replacement = getURLWithoutParams(location);
+
+        if (location !== replacement) {
+            history.replaceState(
+                history.state,
+                (document && document.title) || '',
+                replacement);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/react/features/base/connection/functions.js b/react/features/base/connection/functions.js
index 91667ee83..a188041a8 100644
--- a/react/features/base/connection/functions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/connection/functions.js
@@ -17,10 +17,29 @@ export function getInviteURL(stateOrGetState: Function | Object): ?string {
     let inviteURL;
 
     if (locationURL) {
-        const { host, pathname, protocol } = locationURL;
-
-        inviteURL = `${protocol}//${host}${pathname}`;
+        inviteURL = getURLWithoutParams(locationURL).href;
     }
 
     return inviteURL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Gets a {@link URL} without hash and query/search params from a specific
+ * {@code URL}.
+ *
+ * @param {URL} url - The {@code URL} which may have hash and query/search
+ * params.
+ * @returns {URL}
+ */
+export function getURLWithoutParams(url: URL): URL {
+    const { hash, search } = url;
+
+    if ((hash && hash.length > 1) || (search && search.length > 1)) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+        url = new URL(url.href);
+        url.hash = '';
+        url.search = '';
+    }
+
+    return url;
+}