How to add and remove hyperlinks in Email in Outlook?

Hyperlink feature is a cute feature, and help readers directly follow to a web page, document, or even a specific position in one document, etc. You can apply this useful feature in an email message in Microsoft Outlook too. This article will show you the way to add and remove hyperlinks in an Email message at ease.

Add or insert a hyperlink in an Email message

Remove a hyperlink in an Email message

Add or insert a hyperlink in an Email message

It is similar to add or insert a hyperlink in an Email message as that you do in Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.

Step 1: Select the text in Message window that you will add a hyperlink for.

Step 2: Click the Hyperlink button in the Links group under the Insert tab.

In addition to the Hyperlink button in the Ribbon, you can also get it in the context menu with right clicking the selected text.

Step 3: In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, enter the web page address in the Address box;

If you want to link to a place in current document, click the Place in This Document button in the left bar, and select a Heading or bookmark.

If you want to link to an Email address, click the E-mail Address button in the left bar, and enter an Email address in the E-mail Address box.

If you want to link to an existing file in your computer, click the Existing File or Web Page button in the left bar, and click the button behind the Look in box, and select a file in the browser.

Step 4: Click OK button.

Then the hyperlink is added for the selected text. You can follow the link with holding the Ctrl key and clicking the hyperlink simultaneously.

Remove a hyperlink in an Email message

It is quite easy to remove a hyperlink in an Email message in Microsoft Outlook.

Step 1: Select the text with hyperlink that you will remove.

Step 2: Right click the selected text, and click the Remove Hyperlink item in the context menu.

Now the hyperlink is removed from the selected text.