# External Links not opening in new tab

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-links-not-opening-in-new-tab/50092>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 13, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-links-not-opening-in-new-tab/50092 "2016-09-13T16:53:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-links-not-opening-in-new-tab/50092/25 "2018-05-11T22:06:15Z")

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Not with CSS. You’d likely have to write a plugin that overrides the default setting. I thought that was discussed here somewhere, but I couldn’t find it.

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