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How to Disable Auto-Linked URLs in a PDF
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Word processors and other authoring tools often auto-detect anything that looks like a URL or email address and make it clickable. If you did not want that behavior, you can remove it after the fact.
Step-by-step
- 1Open Remove PDF Links and upload the finished PDF.
- 2Review the detected links — auto-linked text usually shows the exact URL or email as the link destination.
- 3Remove all of them at once if the whole document was affected, or select individually.
- 4Download the cleaned-up PDF.
Prevent it next time
If you regularly export from the same source document, check that tool's autoformat or autocorrect settings — most word processors let you turn off automatic link detection before you export to PDF.
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