How to Remove Hyperlinks in Word on Mac

Hyperlinks help anchor texts that allow you to navigate to other pages easily while appearing like ordinary words. However, they can be a hassle to deal with if a lot of them are inside your word document, especially when they’re not needed. This article details how to remove hyperlinks from a Word document on your Mac. 

How to Remove Hyperlinks in Word on Mac?

Removing hyperlinks from a Word document in mac is much simpler than you might think. However, the steps may vary for different versions of Microsoft Words as they have different interfaces so the options might be located in different places.

Read the detailed steps below to see how to remove hyperlinks from a Word document on your Mac. 

• Sign in to your Mac, and open a Finder window from the dock. You can also use a Spotlight search to do the same. Use the Command-Space shortcut to launch the search bar. Now, type in “finder,” and hit the return key to open the application. 
• Once inside the Finder window, look for the Word document from which you want to remove the hyperlinks. 
• Double-click the file to open it. If it opens in another app like Pages, close the window. Now, right-click on the file to draw out the contextual menu. 
• Move the cursor over the Open with option and select Microsoft Word from the list. 
• Once the document has been opened inside Microsoft Word, select the text with the hyperlink. Now, right-click on it to draw out the contextual menu. 
• Select Hyperlink from the list and click on Remove hyperlink. 

This method allows you to pick out and remove hyperlinks one by one. It is recommended to be used only when there are only a handful of hyperlinks within the document.

If the document is riddled with hyperlinks all over, selecting and deleting each of them one by one can be a very arduous and time-consuming process.

Fortunately, there’s another way to remove a large number of hyperlinks from your document, and it’s even easier than the method mentioned above. 

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How to Remove Multiple Hyperlinks at Once in Word on Mac?

This method allows you to select the entire document and remove all the hyperlinks. For this, you can use a keyboard shortcut while also being the quickest way to do it. Read the instructions detailed below to know more about the process. 

• Sign in to your Mac, and open a Finder window from the dock.
• Once inside the Finder window, look for the Word document from which you want to remove the hyperlinks. 
• Double-click the file to open it. If it opens in another app like Pages, close the window. Now, right-click on the file to draw out the contextual menu. 
• Move the cursor over the Open with option and select Microsoft Word from the list.
• Once the document has been opened inside Microsoft Word, press the Command-A shortcut to select the entire document. 
• Press the Fn-Command-Shift-F9 shortcut to simultaneously remove all the hyperlinks from the Word document. 

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How to Remove Hyperlinks From a Word Document Using the Paste Special Feature?

You can use the paste special option inside Microsoft Word to remove hyperlinks from a document. Read the instructions detailed below to know more about the process. 

• Sign in to your Mac, and open a Finder window from the dock.
• Once inside the Finder window, look for the Word document from which you want to remove the hyperlinks. 
• Double-click the file to open it. If it opens in another app like Pages, close the window and right-click on the file to draw out the contextual menu. 
• Move the cursor over the Open with option and select Microsoft Word from the list.
• Copy the hyperlink text and select the paste special option from the Paste option in the Home tab of Microsoft Word. 
• A new pop-up window will be displayed with various options regarding how you want to paste the contents. Select Unformatted Text from the list and hit OK. 

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Removing Hyperlinks from a Word Document Using The Text Edit App on Mac

The Text Edit app can also be used to remove hyperlinks from a Word document by copy-pasting the content into the Text Edit app and then re-pasting it in Microsoft Word. Read the instructions detailed below to know more about the process. 

• Sign in to your Mac, and open a Finder window from the dock. 
• Once inside the Finder window, look for the Word document from which you want to remove the hyperlinks. 
• Double-click the file to open it. If it opens in another app like Pages, close the window and right-click on the file to draw out the contextual menu. 
• Move the cursor over the Open with option and select Microsoft Word from the list.
• Once the file has been opened inside Microsoft Word, use the Command-A shortcut to select the entire document. You can also copy it using the Command-C shortcut. 
• Open a Finder window from the dock, head over to the Applications tab from the side menu, and open Text Edit. Subsequently, you can also use a Spotlight search to do the same. Use the Command-Space shortcut to launch the search bar, type in “text edit,” and hit the return key to open the application. 
• Use the Command-V shortcut to paste the entire document into Text Edit. 
• Now, copy the content in Text Edit and re-paste it into the Word document, and all the hyperlinks will be removed from the document. 

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Conclusion

As you saw, there are several ways you can remove hyperlinks from a Word document on Mac. However, the easiest and simplest method is to select the entire document and remove all the hyperlinks by using the shortcut. 

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