Disabling hyperlinks in Preview

I have printed a Gmail email and then selected "Save as PDF". The PDF file is in Preview. All the hyperlinks are active. Can I disable the hyperlinks?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Jan 29, 2023 10:50 PM

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3 replies

Matthew_J5

Community Specialist

Jan 31, 2023 2:51 PM in response to ExNeddiesBoy

Hi there ExNeddiesBoy,

Thank you for posting to Apple Support Communities.

We understand you'd like to disable hyperlinks in Preview, is that correct?

With the document open in Preview, follow these steps.

Go to Tools > Show Inspector
Click on the pencil icon
Select the link(s) you'd like to remove from the document
Press the "delete" key

This article has additional information about the Inspector tool in Preview: View information about PDFs and images in Preview on Mac - Apple Support

That should help.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Take care.

ExNeddiesBoy Author

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Jan 31, 2023 4:06 PM in response to Matthew_J5

Thank you for your help.

KMB_12

Community Specialist

Jan 31, 2023 4:16 PM in response to ExNeddiesBoy

Hello ExNeddiesBoy,

We're glad to hear that the steps were able to help, thanks for keeping us posted.

Cheers.

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