# url coding when I don't want it.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-coding-when-i-dont-want-it/262476>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 31, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-coding-when-i-dont-want-it/262476 "2004-08-31T21:46:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-coding-when-i-dont-want-it/262476/1 "2004-08-31T21:46:52Z")

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In [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5222653&postcount=40), I didn’t want the url in the quote to link to the page so I deleted the [url] & [/url] before submitting, but it still popped up as a clickable link.  
Is there any way to prevent that?

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-coding-when-i-dont-want-it/262476/2 "2004-08-31T21:49:22Z")

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Uncheck “Automatically parse links in text” just below the ‘reply’ box - then you can write [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) with no worries

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-coding-when-i-dont-want-it/262476/3 "2004-08-31T21:52:08Z")

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Merci, **GorillaMan**!  
I www.thankyou.verymuch 😉