How to Turn Off Automatic Hyperlinking in Google Docs

It’s possible to add hyperlinks into a lot of different programs in which you might be typing information. Whether you’re sending a text message, working on a spreadsheet, or typing a word document, there is probably a way for you to hyperlink something.

In fact, hyperlinking is so common, that applications like Google Docs will automatically convert anything that they believe should be hyperlinked into a hyperlink. This includes phrases like https://www.solveyourtech.com or www.google.com. While the intention is often for those types of phrases to be made into links, there are times where it’s unwanted. if you would prefer to manually create hyperlinks in your documents, then the steps below will show you how to change this setting in Google Docs.

 

How to Stop Google Docs from Automatically Converting URLs to Links

The steps in this article were performed in Google Chrome, but should also be the same for other Web browsers. This change is going to affect the Google Docs application itself, so any future URLs that you type into other documents will also not be converted to hyperlinks.

Step 1: Open Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive and open a Google Docs document.

 

Step 2: Click the Tools tab at the top of the window.

 

 

Step 3: Select the Preferences option at the bottom of the menu.

 

 

Step 4: Click the box to the left of Automatically detect hyperlinks to remove the check mark, then click the blue OK button at the bottom of the menu to apply the change.

 

 

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