Links still active after being removed

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
April 18, 2018
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Hi all. I need to deactive all web links in a PDF. After selecting Edit PDF > Link > Remove Web Links, the are still active. Acrobat even tells me no web links were found. Document was made from InDesign (were the Interactive Elements was set to Do Not Include). I've tried all kinds of ways to take them out, please help!

Correct answer try67

Correct, this setting applies to all documents. You can instruct your users to disable it before opening your file and enable it afterwards.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Can you post a screenshot or the file?

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Felipe SalasAuthor

Participating Frequently

This helps?

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Use the link tool and add a link which does nothing.

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Steve Cordero

Adobe Employee

In Acrobat DC
Go to Edit>Preferences>General
In the Basic Tools section go to the second check box and deselect the item that says "Create links from URLs".
Click the OK button.