Automatic Hyperlink When Pasting Email Address

Question

When I copy an email address into my Word document, a hyperlink of the email address is automatically created.  How do I prevent the hyperlink from being created?  All I want is the email address.

Answer 1

The 2 simplest ways to Undo the conversion without having to select anything or going into a separate dialog window:

• You can follow Diane's suggestion to press Command+Z [or click Undo] after pressing the spacebar or return, or
• Press the delete key rather than Command+Z.

To disable the the feature altogether go to Word> Preferences> AutoCorrect - AutoFormat As You Type to clear the check on Internet and network paths with hyperlinks. Keep in mind that this affects all hyperlinks including URLs, so if you choose it you will have to individually create hyperlinks when you do want them.

Answer 2

Hi John_Hough,

I'm Charles, an Independent advisor trying to help.

I understand, you can do it in the following way, only that it is a manual process, in Word it is Insert >> Links >> Link >> Remove link, or through the commands that you will see in the article that handles these cases, if my memory does not fail it is a default feature.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/remove...

I hope some step works for you

Attentive to any comments

Have a happy day

Best Regards,

Charles.

Answer 3

Hello John

Thank you for participating in the Microsoft Community, My name is Miguel T. I'm an independent Advisor

Only possible if you turn off all automatic Hyperlinks:

Click File > Options > Proofing

Click AutoCorrect Options, and then click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.

Clear the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks check box.

To get more info about this see:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/remove...

I hope this information has been useful, please let me know if you still need assistance.

Answer 4

Hi John,

You can cmd+Z to undo it (if it's the autocorrect feature).