# Custom add "Nofollow" to specific links
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671 "2020-02-05T02:59:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@RaviJayagopal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaviJayagopal)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671/1 "2020-02-05T02:59:03Z")
I link out to tools and websites from my forum. I already have rel=nofollow turned on for UGC.
But I want to be able to custom-add no-follow to specific links I post myself (I’m the admin).
The forum code for links looks like this:
```
[Auphonic](https://auphonic.com): Audio Optimization
```
Is there a way to add rel=nofollow in that code?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671/3 "2020-02-05T04:22:29Z")
No, there is no way to do this.
You could try logging in as a new user and posting the link that way to get the low-trust links.
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### Author:  [@RaviJayagopal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaviJayagopal)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671/4 "2020-02-05T06:02:26Z")
Is it possible to submit a request for this to be added? Because for the long-term, to use the forum as a content hub, we need to be able to control outgoing links to some extent, and being able to add tags to links - like nofollow, or open in a new tab - is pretty important.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671/5 "2020-02-05T07:49:04Z")
Users already have a preference in their profiles to determine if things open in a new window.
If they’re setting their preference why would you be given a means to override it? Wouldn’t that be confusing to them and generally user-hostile?
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### Author:  [@RaviJayagopal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaviJayagopal)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671/6 "2020-02-05T08:05:26Z")
I would like to be able to set it at a global level and they can override it if they wish to (99% won’t). And opening in a new tab is just one part of it. Being able to customize the forum-code, especially with nofollow, is more critical.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671/7 "2020-02-05T08:06:33Z")
As Jeff said above, there’s no way to do this.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671/8 "2023-12-31T15:27:34Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-add-nofollow-to-specific-links/140671/9 "2024-02-04T09:15:13Z")