How to Create and Remove Hyperlink in Outlook Online

Unaware of creating hyperlinks in Outlook? This is the right article to see how to create and remove hyperlinks in Microsoft Outlook Online.

Adding hyperlinks in Microsoft Outlook is a feature to show important links or images to team members in the organization is mandatory sometimes. Let’s get started to see how to use hyperlinks in the Microsoft Outlook application.

Use Hyperlinks in Microsoft Outlook Online Desktop Application

Here we go on how to use hyperlinks in the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

  • Open the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.
  • Click New Email from the Home page of the Microsoft Outlook Online application.
Hyperlink in Outlook Online
  • Click the Insert option to add a hyperlink in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.
Use hyperlink in Outlook Online
  • Keep the cursor on the body of the email, and click the Link at the top of the page.
Hyperlink in the Microsoft Outlook Online
  • Use from the list of options or click Search for Files to use existing links or click Insert Link
Use hyperlink from Microsoft Outlook Online application
  • Once we click Insert Link, the Insert Hyperlink page will open. From there you can choose whatever you want to send in the email and click OK.
Hyperlink in the Outlook Online application
  • Once we choose the particular folder from the documents, that will show as a link in the body of the email.
Hyperlink in the Outlook Online desktop application
  • We can also include an email ID in the body of the email from the Microsoft Outlook desktop application. Click E-mail Address type the mail address and click OK.
Hyperlink Email in the Outlook Online
  • Now the particular email will be copied in the body of the email.
Microsoft Outlook Online Hyperlink
  • In this step, if we want to create a new document then click Create New Document and give the name of the document then click OK.
Hyperlink from the Microsoft Outlook desktop application
  • Once we click OK, then the newly created document name will appear in the body of the email.
Hyperlink Email from Outlook Online Application

This is one method to add hyperlinks in the Microsoft Outlook online desktop application.

Alternate Method

Check the other method to add hyperlinks in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-1: Open the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

Step-2: Click New Email from the Outlook Onkine Desktop Application.

Outlook Online hyperlink

Step-3: Now, as usual, type the message and right-click then click Link to add a hyperlink in the Microsoft Outlook online application.

Hyperlink in the Outlook Online desktop

This is the other method to add Hyperlink in the Microsoft Outlook Online application.

Add URL in the Outlook Online

Now we will see how to add URL directly in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-1: Open the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

Step-2: Click New Email from the Home page of the Microsoft Outlook Online application.

Outlook Online hyperlink

Step-3: Now, as usual, type the message under the Insert options and click Link to add a URL in the Microsoft Outlook online application.

Hyperlink in the Microsoft Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-4: Now copy the URL in the Text to display, you want to paste it in the email of the body. Name the document in the Name of new document and click OK.

URL from the Microsoft Outlook desktop application

Step-5: Now added URL will be copied into the body of the email in the Outlook Online application.

URL in the email outlook application

This is how we have to add URLs in the Microsoft Outlook desktop application.

How to Add Hyperlink Image in Outlook Online Desktop Application

Follow the below steps on how to add hyperlink images in the Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-1: Open Microsoft Outlook in the desktop application.

Step-2: Click the Mail icon on the home page of the Outlook Online desktop application.

Hyperlink image in Outlook Online

Step-3: Click the Insert option and keep the mouse cursor in the body of the email, click Pictures again click Pictures then browse from the PC which image you want to upload.

Outlook Online Hyperlink Image

Step-4: Once you browse the image from the PC, the picture will be occupied in the body of the email. Right-click on the image to see the link option.

Microsoft Outlook Online Hyperlink image

Step-5: Now give the name of the link in the Address field and click OK.

Hyperlink in Outlook Online

Click Send to the concerned person. This is how we have to add hyperlink images in the Outlook online desktop application.

Remove the Link from the Outlook Online Desktop Application

Let’s see how to remove the added link in the Outlook Online desktop application.

Step-1: Right-click on the link then simultaneously click Remove Link to remove it from the Outlook desktop application.

Remove Link from Outlook desktop

Step-2: Once you click Remove Link, the link will be unlinked then you can delete it from the body of the email from the Outlook Web application.

Remove link from the desktop application

This is the simple method to remove links from the Outlook Online desktop application.

Hyperlink in Microsoft Outlook Online Web Application

Adding links in the Outlook Online Web application is an easy and few-step process. See below steps to do so.

Step-1: Open the Microsoft Outlook Web application from a browser such as Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer.

Step-2: Click New mail from the Home page to add a link to the Outlook Online Web application.

Hyperlink from the Outlook Online Web application

Step-3: Click the Link icon and also click the Link option at the top of the page to add a link to the Outlook Online Web application.

URL from the Outlook Web application

Step-4: Copy the link and paste it into the Web address (URL) and click OK to add it to the email’s body from the Outlook Online Web application.

URL in the email Outlook Web application

Step-5: Now, the URL will be copied into the body of the email in the Outlook onine Web application.

URL in the Outlook Email Web application

Step-6: Now click the Link icon and also click the Link option at the top of the page to add a link to the Outlook Web application. Here if you want to browse from the PC, you can add it into the Outlook Online Web application.

URL from the Outlook Web application

This is how we have to add the URL in the Microsoft Outlook Online Web application.

Remove Link in the Outlook Online Web Application

Once the link is added if you want to remove it, follow the below steps.

Step-1: Right-click on the link then simultaneously click Remove Link to remove it from the Outlook Web application.

Remove Link in Outlook Web application

Step-2: Once you click Remove Link, the link will be unlinked then you can delete it from the body of the email from the Outlook Web application.

Remove link from Outlook

This is the method to remove links from the Outlook Online Web application.

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