How to Remove or turn off Hyperlinks in Excel?

MS Excel Microsoft Technologies Advanced Excel Function

When you wish to link to other websites, files, or other destinations inside your workbook, hyperlinks come in handy. However, there may be times when you need to get rid of hyperlinks for a variety of reasons, such clearing out outdated information, avoiding inadvertent clicks, or streamlining your spreadsheet. This article will provide you the skills you need, whether you're a novice or a seasoned Excel user, to manage hyperlinks properly and maintain the organisation of your spreadsheets. Let's begin by learning how to disable or remove hyperlinks in Excel.

Remove or turn off Hyperlinks

Here, we will first create a VBA module and then run it to complete the task. So let us see a simple process to know how you can Remove or turn off Hyperlinks In Excel.

Step 1

Consider an Excel sheet where you have a list of hyperlinks.

First, right-click on the sheet name and select View code to open the VBA application.

Right-click > View Code.

Step 2

Then click on Insert and select Module, then copy the below code into the text box.

Insert > Module > Copy.

Code

Sub RemoveHlinkskeepformatting()
Dim Rng As Range
Dim WorkRng As Range
Dim TempRng As Range
Dim UsedRng As Range
Dim xLink As Hyperlink
On Error Resume Next
xTitleId = "Remove Hyperlink"
Set WorkRng = Application.Selection
Set WorkRng = Application.InputBox("Range", xTitleId, WorkRng.Address, Type:=8)
Set UsedRng = Application.ActiveSheet.UsedRange
For Each xLink In WorkRng.Hyperlinks
   Set TempRng = Cells(1, UsedRng.Column + UsedRng.Columns.Count)
   Set Rng = xLink.Range
   Rng.Copy TempRng
   Rng.ClearHyperlinks
   Set TempRng = TempRng.Resize(Rng.Rows.Count, Rng.Columns.Count)
   TempRng.Copy
   Rng.PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats
   TempRng.Clear
Next
End Sub