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How to change the color or remove the underline from hyperlinks in Word?

Author: Tech Support Last Modified: 2024-07-29

When you insert hyperlinks in Word, the default hyperlink color is blue. And if you want to change the hyperlink color or remove the underlines of the hyperlinks, you can do as following steps:

Change the color of the hyperlinks in Word

Remove the underlines from hyperlinks in Word

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Change the color of the hyperlinks in Word

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1. On the Home tab.

Home tab

2. Click the small icon under Change Styles to open Styles window.

Styles box

3. Click the Hyperlink drop down menu > Modify…

Note: this option will only appear if your document contains hyperlink.

Modify option on the Styles pane

4. In the Modify window, click on the blue color (default color) and choose your preferred color from the dropdown menu.

Modify window

5. Click OK to apply the change.


Remove the underlines from hyperlinks in Word

1. Click Home tab, and go to click the Styles launcher button to display the Styles pane. See screenshot:

Styles group on the Home tab

2. In the Styles pane, click on the drop-down icon or right click on Hyperlink, and then click Modify from the Hyperlink drop-down menu. See screenshot:

Modify option on the Styles pane

3. In the Modify Style dialog, click the Underline button then click OK to close the dialog. See screenshot:

Modify Style dialog

4. Then close the Styles pane if you do not need it any more. You can see the result as shown as below:

Former style of hyperlinks
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Updated style of hyperlinks

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