# 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:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-hyperlink/44482/4 "2018-01-07T02:27:42Z")

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Why in the world would you do any of that when you can simply use a proper code span with the ` key?

`www.example.com`

See [Markdown Reference](http://commonmark.org/help)

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