Instructions on how to delete all hyperlinks in Word

"Word" is a multifunctional texteditor, the possibilities of which go far beyond the writing of various texts. In this article, such a phenomenon as a hyperlink will be disassembled. As a result of reading the article, you will learn how to delete all hyperlinks in Word (in several ways), how to disable automatic creation of hyperlinks and much more. We will gladly share information.

Manual removal of hyperlinks

To begin with, as in Word, delete everythinghyperlinks in manual mode. Of course, this method takes quite a long time, in contrast to those that will be given below in the text. However, if there are only a few hyperlinks in your text, it will fit perfectly.

So, to remove hyperlinks in the "Word", you need:

1. Move the mouse over the link;
2. Click the right mouse button (PCM);
3. From the context menu that appears, select "Delete hyperlink".

After completing all the items, the hyperlink will disappear and the plain text will remain. Do these actions on all elements and in the end in your text there will be no references to other sources.

Now you know how to delete everything in Wordhyperlinks, but this is not the best option. If there are a lot of them in your text, it is much more reasonable to use automatic deletion. This method will be given below.

Automatic deletion of all hyperlinks

Consider the second way how to remove hyperlinksin Word. Hot keys help us in this. It is ideal for those people who do not want to waste their time on deleting links in the text manually, and if there are a lot of them, then it's not worth thinking about, it's better to use this method immediately.

The combination for deletion is as follows: CTRL + SHIFT + F9. However, if you use it in the document just opened, no hyperlink will be lost. Preliminary it is necessary to allocate all text or its part, that in which it is necessary to spend corresponding action. To do this, you can use the mouse with the left button pressed, but if you quickly select all the text, it's more reasonable to press a combination of the keys CTRL + A.

So, to delete all links from the text, press CTRL + A, and then CTRL + SHIFT + F9.

Now you know how to quickly remove all hyperlinks in Word. But the article does not end there. Next, we will provide another way, which is different for its non-standard.

Uninstall using script

This method, if you use it for the first time,It will take quite a lot of time, in comparison with the previous ones, however in the future you will only need to press a couple of keys. So, let's begin by explaining how to remove all hyperlinks in Word using the Visual Basic script. It is necessary to perform the following actions:

1. In the open program, you must press ALT + F11 to open the window for working with scripts.
2. In the window that opens, click the button. Insert, located just above the toolbar.
3. In the drop-down list that appears, click on Module.
4. At this stage, you will see a window in which you need to specify a script. The text of the script will be shown below.

Once you insert the script into the appropriate input field, you will need to run it. There are two ways: click the left mouse button (LMB) on the button Run, which looks like a button Play, like, for example, in the player, or press the F5 key on the keyboard.

After starting the script links from the document will be lost. In the future, you will only need to run this script, to delete them, without first creating it.

Disable automatic creation of hyperlinks

Finally, it's worth telling how to disable the automatic creation of links that you do not need. And it's quite simple to do this:

1. Click on "File".
2. Go to the "Options" menu.
3. Click on the item "Spelling".
4. Click on "AutoCorrect Settings".
5. Select the "AutoFormat as you type" tab.
6. Uncheck the box "Network hyperlink paths".

After that, when you insert text with links in your document, hyperlinks will stop automatically.