# Prevent hyperlink

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-hyperlink/44482
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 19, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-hyperlink/44482 "2016-05-19T07:49:11Z")
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### Author: ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-hyperlink/44482/14 "2020-07-05T12:39:08Z")

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Another workaround to suppress [Auto linkify words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linkify-words-in-post/82193).

Add `<span></span>` in the middle of the text.

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Details

Our site has `SWI-Prolog` added to `Auto linkify words` component theme.

To keep SWI-Prolog from being converted into a link, e.g. [SWI-Prolog](https://www.swi-prolog.org/), and also not displaying as a code section, e.g. `SWI-Prolog`, adding `<span></span>` in the middle of the text, e.g. `SWI<span></span>-Prolog`, causes the text to not be recognized by `Auto linkify words` and since `<span></span>` renders into something that will not appear in a browser, it works as needed for the specific case, e.g. SWI-Prolog.

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