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A link (or hyperlink) may be removed from an Article as follows:
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#Open the Article for editing either by:
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== The Primary Method == <!--T:1--></translate>
#* Click the '''Content > Article Manager''' menu item to go to the ''Article Manager'', select the Article and click the ''Edit'' toolbar button.
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#* Clicking the ''Add New Article'' button in the Control Panel.
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A link (or hyperlink) can be removed from an Article as follows:
#* If logged in to the Front-end, you have appropriate permissions and are viewing the Article you wish to edit: Click the ''Edit'' toolbar button.  
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# Open the Article for editing.
#Locate and carefully select by highlighting only the link you wish to remove using the article editor.  
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## Select the ''Administrator → Content Article'' menu item to go to the ''Article Manager''.
#Click the ''Unlink'' editor toolbar button. The link will be removed.
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## Select the Article and click the ''Edit'' toolbar button.
'''OR Alternatively''', to remove the link by manually editing the HTML directly:
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# Locate and carefully select by highlighting only the link you wish to remove.  
# Click the Toggle Editor button.
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# Select the ''Unlink'' editor toolbar button. The link will be removed.</translate>
# Identify the <a href'...> tag that begins the link, and the </a> tag that ends the link.
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#Delete these tags, removing the begin link element <a href=...> from the opening corner bracket (<) to the closing bracket (>).
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<translate>== An Alternate Method == <!--T:3--></translate>
#LEAVE the text that was linked in place.
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#Remove the ending link element (</a>) also.
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Remove the link by manually editing the HTML directly (once you are in the article editor mode).
# Click Save.
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# Select the Toggle Editor button (or the Code tab).
# Click Toggle Editor.
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# Identify the ''<a href=...>'' tag that begins the link, and the ''</a>'' tag that ends the link.
# Confirm that the text is no longer linked.
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# Remove the opening link element ''<a href=...>'' from the opening corner bracket (''<'') to the closing bracket (''>'').
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# Leave the text that was linked in place.
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# Remove the ending link element (''</a>'').
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# Select ''Save''.
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# Select ''Toggle Editor''.
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# Confirm that the text is no longer linked.</translate>
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[[Category:Article Management{{#translation:}}]]
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[[Category:Beginners{{#translation:}}]]
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Latest revision as of 02:42, 31 July 2020

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The Primary Method[edit]

A link (or hyperlink) can be removed from an Article as follows:

  1. Open the Article for editing.
    1. Select the Administrator → Content → Article menu item to go to the Article Manager.
    2. Select the Article and click the Edit toolbar button.
  2. Locate and carefully select by highlighting only the link you wish to remove.
  3. Select the Unlink editor toolbar button. The link will be removed.

An Alternate Method[edit]

Remove the link by manually editing the HTML directly (once you are in the article editor mode).

  1. Select the Toggle Editor button (or the Code tab).
  2. Identify the <a href=...> tag that begins the link, and the </a> tag that ends the link.
  3. Remove the opening link element <a href=...> from the opening corner bracket (<) to the closing bracket (>).
  4. Leave the text that was linked in place.
  5. Remove the ending link element (</a>).
  6. Select Save.
  7. Select Toggle Editor.
  8. Confirm that the text is no longer linked.