# 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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**Author:** ![BobbyZopfan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bobbyzopfan/32/149374_2.png) [@BobbyZopfan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BobbyZopfan)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-links-not-opening-in-new-tab/50092/27 "2019-04-27T01:53:17Z")

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> [@fellowshipforums](#):
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> m also having an issue here. I have a hyperlink in my category description, and I would like to it open in the new tab. I have checked the box in my user settings to open external links in a new tab, but its not working when the link is in a description. Is t

Agree. But some-time ethics have to take back seat in the world, when small inconvenience of our users might bring some unexpected positive results for us.

Push Notifs also fall into the same category. Not all users want all push notifs. But still websites configure them (facebook is particularly notorious) to bombard some non-useful notif than to miss some legit one.

Note: Even though I’ve configured external links to open in new tab, as here:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/b/3b5f3941657c8d55f2f3a5d378a361a04beac827.png)  
But they are opening in the same tab, even for me, admin.  
What should I check?

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