How remove multiple (all) hyperlinks from Excel worksheets at a time

In this short article, I'll show you how you can quickly remove all unwanted hyperlinks from an Excel worksheet at once and prevent their occurrence in the future. The solution works in all Excel versions starting from Excel 2003 through modern Excel 2021 and desktop Excel included in Microsoft 365.
 Remove multiple hyperlinks from Excel cells.

Every time you type an e-mail address or URL in a cell, Excel automatically converts it into a clickable hyperlink. From my experience, this behavior is annoying rather than helpful :-(
So after typing a new email to my table or editing a URL and pressing Enter, I usually press Ctrl+Z to remove the hyperlink that Excel automatically created…

First I'll show how you can delete all accidently created unnecessary hyperlinks, and then how you can configure your Excel to turn off the Auto-Hyperlinking feature.

In Excel 2000-2007, there is no built-in function to delete multiple hyperlinks at a time, only one by one. Here is a simple trick that lets you overcome this limitation, of course, the trick works in Excel 2019, 2016, and 2013 too.

  • Select any empty cell outside your table.
  • Type 1 to this cell.
  • Copy this cell (Ctrl+C).
  • Select your columns with Hyperlinks: click on any cell with data in the 1st column and press Ctrl+Space to select the whole column: Press Ctrl+Space to select the whole column
  • If you want to select more than 1 column at a time: after selecting the 1s column, hold Ctrl, click on any cell in the 2nd column and press Space to select all cells in the 2nd column without losing selection in 1st column.
  • Right-click on any selected cells and select "Paste Special" from the context menu: Select 'Paste Special' from the context menu
  • In the "Paste Special" dialog box, select the "Multiply" radio button in the "Operation" section: Select the 'Multiply' radio button in the 'Operation' section
  • Click Ok. All hyperlinks are removed :-) All hyperlinks are removed from workshett

In Excel 2010, Microsoft finally added the ability to remove multiple hyperlinks at a time:

  • Select the entire column with Hyperlinks: click on any cell with data and press Ctrl+Space.
  • Right-click on any selected cell and select "Remove hyperlinks" from the context menu.

    Note: If you select a single cell, then this menu item changes to "Remove hyperlink", a nice example of usability :-( Remove hyperlinks in Excel context menu

  • All hyperlinks are removed from the column :-) All hyperlinks are removed from the column

Disable automatic creation of hyperlinks in Excel

  • In Excel 2007, click the Office button -> Excel Options.
    In Excel 2010 - 2019, navigate to the File Tab -> Options.
  • In the "Excel Options" dialog box, switch to the "Proofing" tab in the left column and click the "AutoCorrect Options" button: switch to the Proofing tab in the left column and click the AutoCorrect Options button
  • In the "AutoCorrect Options" dialog box, switch to the "AutoFormat As You Type" tab and uncheck the "Internet and network paths with hyperlinks" checkbox. Uncheck the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks checkbox
  • Click OK twice to close both dialogs and return to your Excel worksheet.

Now, type any URL or email to any cell - Excel retains the plain text format :-)
When you really need to create a hyperlink, simply press Ctrl+K to open the "Insert Hyperlink" dialog box.

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81 comments

  1. Thanks its really worked for me

  2. Excel 2000

    select entire page

    format > style > hyperlink > delete

    Took me 20 years to figure this out!

  3. This must only work if every field in the column has a hyperlink :(

  4. how to remove multiple links in 2007

  5. Thank you. It really worked for me.

  6. In Excel 2007, removing, hyperlinks in many cells or in a column does not work like the way mentioned here in this article ( atleast in my case); however, when I copied the entire row and pasted it in a notepad, and again copied and pasted back in excel as Text, there are no hyperlinks.

    • thanks. it really works

  7. It works well thank you!

  8. Great advice, thank you indeed

  9. Hello,

    How do I delete a hyperlink that does not work?
    I have a hyperlink (in an Excel sheet) to a sheet that does nor exist.
    I go to connections in my excel sheet tool bar, open the EDIT CONNECTIONS and the link is there but despite the fact that I click on brake connection nothing happens and the link still remains.

    Thank you
    Paulo

  10. Great Job, Boss.

  11. It waste my lotS of time and after that didnt work .

  12. Thank you, it really helped!

  13. Worked

  14. what should be the formula to get unit price from daily sales sheet to another sheet.
    I would very much appreciate for the help

  15. @ Alexander Frolov....Thanks for the help! 1st option worked for me.
    it was too annoying to deal with unwanted hyperlinks!

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