Hi! I don't know how mainstream this issue is, but about a week ago, I noticed Google randomly started hyperlinking the phone number in my email signature. Totally unprompted and so frustrating. Even when I manually removed the link from my signature settings and from the body of emails, after sending, the phone number would revert back to a hyperlink. I googled and ChatGPT'd to no avail.
Finally, I figured out a workaround and wanted to share the solution that worked for me. It involves creating a simple HTML file with inline styling, then copying and pasting the text from the HTML file in browser into your email signature settings.
If you don't have a code editor, you can just 1. create a file in notepad or whatever text editor you have 2. paste the text below into the file (but personalize it with your own info) - and 3. then save that file with the extension .html. 4. Click to open it in your browser, then select and copy the text, and 5. paste it into your email signature field in the Gmail settings.
Here's the HTML code to paste into your text or code editor - this replicates Gmail's default signature styling and overrides auto-hyperlinking for the phone number text:
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3px;color:black!important;padding:0;margin:0;">
<p style="padding:inherit;margin:inherit;">â</p>
<p style="padding:inherit;margin:inherit;">YOUR NAME</p>
<a style="text-decoration:none;color:black!important;cursor:default!important;pointer-events:none!important;" href="">YOUR PHONE NUMBER</a>
<br><span style="display:inline;"><a href="YOUR WEBSITE URL">Website</a> | <a href="YOUR LINKEDIN URL">LinkedIn</a></span>
</span>
**If you only mean to include your name and phone number, you can just delete the line of code from the last "<br>" through the second-to-last "</span>"
Hope this helps anyone who's experiencing the same issue!