Convert Hyperlink to Plain Text in Excel

Have you ever tried to convert a hyperlink to plain text in Excel? If you are facing any difficulty, this article will help you complete the task. The HYPERLINK function creates a shortcut that jumps to another location in the current workbook or opens a document stored on a network server, an intranet, or the Internet. When you click a cell that contains a HYPERLINK function, Excel jumps to the location listed or opens the document you specified.

If we try to convert the hyperlink to plain text in Excel using the direct right-click menu, then it can be a boring and old process. And also, if the hyperlinks are spread across the sheet at different locations, i.e., not in the form of a list, then it can be a time-consuming process to complete our task. So, we can make it happen in a quicker way using the VBA application. In this tutorial, we will learn how to convert hyperlinks to plain text in Excel.

Convert Hyperlink to Plain Text in Excel

Here, we will first create a VBA module and then run it to complete the task. Let's go over a simple procedure for converting hyperlinks to plain text in Excel using the VBA application.

Step 1

Consider the following image of an excel sheet with hyperlinks in the data.

Now right-click on the sheet name and select view code to open the VBA application, then click on insert and select module.

Right click > view code > insert > module

Step 2

Then type the below-mentioned programme in the text box as shown in the below image.

Program

Sub DeleteHyperlink()
'Updated By Nirmal
Cells.Hyperlinks.Delete
End Sub

Step 3

Then save the sheet as a macro-enabled workbook and click F5 to run the module. All the hyperlinks in the sheet will be converted to plain text, and our final output will be similar to the below image.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we used a simple example to demonstrate how you can convert hyperlinks to plain text in Excel.