The renaming of links copied in Microsoft Edge can be disabled or overridden. By default, Microsoft Edge will rename pasted links to the web page title. In most cases, this will save you some typing but it is nice to have the option to paste the original link.
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How to disable Microsoft Edge’s friendly link copy and paste
- Click the ellipsis (…) in the upper right-hand corner and select Settings
- Select Share, copy and paste
- Select Plain text
How to copy and paste the original link from Microsoft Edge
Copy the original link to Microsoft Outlook, Word, or OneNote
- Copy the link in Microsoft Edge
- Right-click where you want to paste the link in Microsoft Word, Outlook, or OneNote and select Keep Text Only
Copy the original link to Microsoft Edge or Chrome
- Copy the link in Microsoft Edge
- Right-click where you want to paste the link in Microsoft Edge or Chrome
- Select Paste as then choose Plain text
Copy the original link to Firefox
- Copy the link in Microsoft Edge
- Right-click where you want to paste the link in Firefox
- Select Paste Without Formatting
Copy the original link to Brave
- Copy the link in Microsoft Edge
- 2. Right-click where you want to paste the link in Brave
- Select Paste as plain text
Every application that will paste a link as the page title has the option has additional paste options. Applications that do not support HTML such as Notepad will always paste the link in their original form.
Conclusion
When links are copied in Microsoft Edge the rewriting of the link to display the page title can be disabled or overridden in other applications. The rewriting of links to display the page title is a useful feature to reduce the size of pasted links. It also provides a good starting point to rewrite the link display name to something more meaningful when taken into context with your document.
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