Fortunately Word 2013 has a “Remove Hyperlink” option that will solve your problem. Our guide below will show you how to locate a link and remove it so that you are left with normal text instead.  

The steps in this article will show you how to remove a single hyperlink in Microsoft Word 2013. Once you have completed this action, the clickable link will be gone, but the text that contained the link (also called anchor text) will remain.  

        You can remove multiple hyperlinks from a selection in a document by pressing Ctrl + Shift + F9 on your keyboard. You can select your entire document by clicking inside the document, then pressing Ctrl + A on your keyboard. However, this action will not remove a hyperlink from a picture. Additionally, some Word 2013 users report that this keyboard shortcut did not work for them. You can read Microsoft’s article on hyperlinks in Word 2013 here. Are you frustrated with the fact that Word 2013 will automatically create links when you type a Web page address or email address? You can stop automatic hyperlinking to prevent this from occurring, and set up Word so that the only hyperlinks your documents contain are the ones that you create manually. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.

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