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How to remove "friendlier link" formatting in Outlook?
In April, Microsoft introduced "friendlier" links when linking to a file in OneDrive or SharePoint. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/friendlier-link-names-in-email-02040f47-bd56-4806-8311-...
The way I get around this (and to note, this also gets rid of the little icon) is: 1. Right click on on the link 2. Click "Show Full URL" 3. Right click on the full link 4. Click "Edit hyperlink" 5. In the "Text to display" field put the link text you want.
Then if you want to remove the grey highlight: 1. Select the whole link 2. On the "Format Text" tab select "Styles" (you may have to click on the little thing in the bottom-right corner of the styles section to expand it) 3. Click "Apply Styles" 4. Select "hyperlink" 5. Then edit the font/size etc. to suit (in the usual way rather than in the styles thing).
Bit of a faff but it works for me 🙂