# Prevent domain name from being a link **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-domain-name-from-being-a-link/91258 **Category:** Support **Created:** [30.Июнь.2018 10:10:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-domain-name-from-being-a-link/91258 "2018-06-30T10:10:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![david234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@david234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david234) #### Post date: [30.Июнь.2018 10:10:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-domain-name-from-being-a-link/91258/1 "2018-06-30T10:10:16Z")
Hi, I am writing a privacy policy which includes my domain name, I don’t want the domain name to be a link, but the link is automatically created. I am referencing [domain.com](http://domain.com) and sometimes [non-mydomain.com](http://non-mydomain.com) within the policy, the [non-mydomain.com](http://non-mydomain.com) automatically links to that domain which is a 404. How can I omit this from the auto linking? I do apologise if this has been asked, I assume it has at some point as it’s just something you take for granted but I couldn’t find an answer when searching, possibly my search terms. ---
### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen) #### Post date: [30.Июнь.2018 10:18:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-domain-name-from-being-a-link/91258/2 "2018-06-30T10:18:45Z")
A simple way to handle this is by making the domain display as `preformatted text`. To do this, select the text in the composer and then the code button on the menu. If you’re an admin on your site, you can also disable “enable markdown linkify” in the settings but that’s a bit draconian, since it’s a convenient feature otherwise. ![48%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/c/ec26412f8859042f5fed027fc9d2191add01591c.png) ---
### Author: ![david234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@david234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david234) #### Post date: [30.Июнь.2018 10:56:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-domain-name-from-being-a-link/91258/3 "2018-06-30T10:56:38Z")
Okay thanks - yes that will work for my preference in this particular scenario. It’s a shame the text is then in a different style but hey ho. ---
### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system) #### Post date: [21.Январь.2021 08:20:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-domain-name-from-being-a-link/91258/6 "2021-01-21T08:20:10Z")