If you're using Word, Outlook, or Excel, you can remove all hyperlinks in a file by using a keyboard shortcut. In Word and Outlook: Press Ctrl+A to select all text.

Previous versions of Excel hide the links in names that are not currently in use in the workbook. The links have always existed and are no longer hidden. To remove the link, select Break Links for the selected workbook in the Workbook Links pane.

Change settings for Workbook Links. In Excel, click the File tab. Click Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings. On the left, select External Content. Click the option that you want under Security settings for Workbook Links:

Select the external links you want to remove and press Delete, or break the links if you want to remove the link but keep the calculated values. Run the Document Inspector again to verify the issue is resolved.

To turn off a link (delete the link but keep the text that represents it), right-click the cell and then select Remove Hyperlink. Need more help? You can always ask an expert in the Excel Tech Community or get support in Communities .

Open the workbook that contains the broken link. On the Data tab, click Edit Links. The Edit Links command is unavailable if your workbook doesn't contain links. In the Source file box, select the broken link that you want to delete.

In Office, detection of suspicious links to websites is turned on by default. You can turn detection off so that you don't get security alerts. But we do not recommend this.

To fix this, you can either update the broken link, or remove it. On the File tab, click Info, and in the lower right corner, under Related Documents, click Edit Links to Files.

To remove a COM add-in from the list of available add-ins and to delete the add-in from your computer, click its name in the Add-ins available box, and then click Remove.

Select one or more connections to be removed from the workbook, and then click Remove. Notes: This button is disabled when the workbook is protected or an object, such as a PivotTable report, that uses the connection is protected.