Turn off auto detect links in Google Docs

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Google Docs has a feature that can automatically detect any links and apply the style accordingly. For example if you have type a text as http://digianswers.com in a Google Docs document then it would consider this as a hyperlink

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But if you do not want the hyperlink then highlight the link and click on the remove link.

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And if you want to permanently turn off the auto detection of links then click on the Tools menu and select Preferences from the list of available menus.

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In the Preferences window, un mark the check box with label as Automatically detect links and click on the Ok button available at the bottom of the preferences window.

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Comments

  1. Is it possible to turn off the autodetection of links in Gmail ? Thanks

    1. Ravi Shankar Avatar
      Ravi Shankar

      Alex,

      I have not come across any settings to turn off auto detection of links in Gmail. But if is in Gmail Signature then you can try this workaround.

      http://blogmines.com/blog/2011/12/12/how-to-remove-automatic-hyperlink-in-gmail-signature/

      Ravi

  2. Tools > Preferences no longer exists…

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