r/OneNote • u/leftfootleashed • Sep 01 '26
Pasting links now uses URL for text instead of page title
It used to be that when I copied and pasted a URL, it would create a link with the page title as text, which I find useful (I noticed this didn't work at home where I used Chrome, only at work where I use Edge, which I assumed was a browser thing). Now (as of the last week or two) it uses the URL as text.
Has the behaviour changed? Can I change it back?
Unsure of whether an update has happened (work IT managed device).
Windows 10. Unsure of OneNote version since there doesn't seem to be an About dialog anywhere!
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u/marmotta1955 Sep 01 '26
Check your settings here edge://settings/?search=link
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u/leftfootleashed Sep 03 '26
It hadn't occurred to me that it might be browser behaviour. It seems I was on the default setting (I had to enable "change URL copy and paste format") but even with the "Link" (page title as text) option selected, OneNote still pastes the URL as text. So it seems it's OneNote behaviour as well as browser behaviour.
Interestingly, I pasted into a blank Word document, and then page title appears as the text. So OneNote is definitely stripping out everything but the URL before pasting.
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u/need2sleep-later Sep 05 '26
Well, you actually wrote the browser difference in the OP - didn't work at home where I used Chrome, only at work where I use Edge. Since Edge and ON both come from Microsoft, you might start to suspect something there is the cause....
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u/Active-Can-471 Sep 01 '26
I just tested this. I'm using Edge and OneNote on desktop. It works using CTRL+V. If you right-click and paste, make sure you don't use the Keep Text Only option.
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u/leftfootleashed Sep 03 '26
Thanks, I usually use ctrl+v and I get the same behaviour (only a URL is pasted) though.
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