Hyperlinks are a great way to keep your documents organized and easy to access, but they can be a pain to remove. Here are four ways to remove hyperlinks from Microsoft Word documents:

  1. Use the Cut command The Cut command lets you cut out text or hyperlinks with ease. Just select the text or hyperlink you want to remove, and then use the Cut command to cut it out.
  2. Use the Delete key If you want to remove all of the hyperlinks in a document, you can use the Delete key instead of Cut. Just press Ctrl+K (or Cmd+K on Mac) to open the keyboard shortcut menu, and then select Delete Hyperlink.
  3. Use the Find and Replace feature If you want to remove just a specific type of hyperlink, such as an anchor link or a link that points to a web page, you can use the Find and Replace feature in Microsoft Word. Just open the document in which you want to remove the hyperlinks, click in one of the text boxes where you want to find a link, and then type “url” into the search box at the top of the window. Then click on any matching links that appear, and delete them using either Cut or Delete. ..

If you copy text from the web and paste it into Word, it can be annoying when the hyperlinks transfer with it. Here’s how to easily paste text without the hyperlinks, or remove hyperlinks from text that’s already in Word.

As an example of pasting text into Word without the hyperlinks, we copied part of an article from How-To Geek and pasted it into Word. As you can see, the hyperlinks were copied into the document as well.

Here are two ways to avoid that.

Paste Text Into Word Without Hyperlinks Using Paste Special

Your first option is to remove the links as you paste the text. So, starting with a blank document, copy the text you want and open Word.

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To paste the text without the hyperlinks, make sure the Home tab is active. Then, click the down arrow on the “Paste” button and click the “Keep Text Only” button. When you move your mouse over the “Keep Text Only” button, the text in the document changes so showing you a preview of how it will look.

You can also right-click in the document and click the “Keep Text Only” button on the popup menu.

The hyperlinks have been removed. However, the Normal style is applied to the text, so you’ll need to change the fonts and other layouts if that’s not the formatting you want

Remove Hyperlinks from Text Already in Your Document

If the hyperlink-including text is already in your document, select the hyperlinked text and press Ctrl+Shift+F9 on Windows or Command+fn+Shift+F9 on Mac.

All the hyperlinks are removed from the selected text and the original formatting is preserved.

To remove a single hyperlink, right-click on the hyperlink and select “Remove Hyperlink” on the popup menu.

There are different ways to get rid of hyperlinks in text pasted into Word documents. The method you use depends on your preference. But, the Ctrl+Shift+F9 keyboard shortcut works in all versions of Word and might be the easiest way.

RELATED: How to Disable Hyperlinks in Microsoft Word

By default, hyperlinks are automatically inserted when you type email addresses and URLs in Word documents. However, if you don’t want hyperlinks inserted automatically, you can disable that feature as well.