idea Remove Hyperlink option for Layout Text in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Remove Hyperlink option for Layout Text

BrettFrahm — Fri, 22 May 2026 16:30:15 GMT

Recently learned that in ArcGIS Pro 3.5.2 when you type out a url in a layout text element, Pro will automatically: make it a link, change the color to blue, and underline. Of course this is standard practice for links and ESRI does have a documented workaround here (https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-apply-different-colors-to-hyperlinked-text-in-ar-000033031), but it is still nuisance that there is not a simple way to remove the hyperlink especially since the documented workflow did not work for me.

So my idea is that ESRI provide a "Remove Hyperlink" option when you right click on the text element like most text editors out there.

Re: Remove Hyperlink option for Layout Text - Status changed to: Already Offered

AubriOtis — Mon, 25 May 2026 23:54:39 GMT

Hi!

If you right click with your cursor within the hyperlink you get a text only context menu that includes a Hyperlink option. This opens the hyperlink editor and you can click on the X to remove the hyperlink altogether.

Cheers,

Aubri

Re: Remove Hyperlink option for Layout Text

BrettFrahm — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:07:28 GMT

Hey @AubriOtis thanks for commenting and for implementing this feature! What version is that live in? I just checked 3.6.1 and didn't see it.

Re: Remove Hyperlink option for Layout Text

AubriOtis — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:27:17 GMT

I was testing in 3.7, but it was implemented with the original hyperlinks, so you should see it. You do have to have your cursor within the hyperlink. Otherwise you get the element context menu which is generic and doesn't include the hyperlink functionality.

Re: Remove Hyperlink option for Layout Text

BrettFrahm — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:57:28 GMT

@AubriOtis Aw yep, I see it now. I always edit text in the element pane, so I would have never found that. Also the tag I needed I guess was <NOLINK>, which I couldn't figure out either.

Ex: <NOLINK>https://threeriversparks.link/TurtleFestEvent </NOLINK>

Re: Remove Hyperlink option for Layout Text

MErikReedAugusta — Wed, 27 May 2026 23:56:18 GMT

Wow, I totally would've missed that dialog, too. Most of the time, I lock all the elements in my layouts so they don't accidentally move, and I access them through the Contents and Element Panes, so I wouldn't have been right-clicking on anything.