# Remove contact email hyperlink/url
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 5, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198 "2018-06-05T18:54:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Sami\_Syed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sami_Syed)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/1 "2018-06-05T18:54:43Z")
on my forum, when people click the email they are redirected to the following link:
https:// forum.theprojectvanlife .com/contact@theprojectvanlife.com
How do I prevent that from happening?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/2 "2018-06-05T18:59:45Z")
Enter the correct value in site settings, you have something there that is invalid at the moment.
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### Author:  [@Sami\_Syed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sami_Syed)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/3 "2018-06-05T19:09:56Z")
How is that incorrect?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/4 "2018-06-05T19:11:57Z")
Can you repro this @jomaxro?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/6 "2018-06-05T19:36:09Z")
No, I cannot. @Sami_Syed, is it possible the text content was modified? What is the value in `/admin/customize/site_texts/js.about.contact_info`?
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/7 "2018-06-05T20:07:40Z")
Check your `contact url` site setting as well.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/8 "2018-06-05T20:12:06Z")
In order for this to become a hyperlink that launches an email client you need to set `contact url` to `mailto:myname@example.com`
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/9 "2018-06-05T20:12:44Z")
In my test on try `contact url` has higher priority. If both are set the URL appears as expected. If only URL is set, a hyperlink appears. If only email is set the email appears as plain text. @merefield is correct about how to make email a link.
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### Author:  [@Sami\_Syed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sami_Syed)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/10 "2018-06-05T20:56:24Z")
This is what it looks like
> In the event of a critical issue or urgent matter affecting this site, please contact us at %{contact\_info}.
> [@supermathie](#):
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> Check your `contact url` site setting as well.
I already did that and posted a pic of it up top ^
> [@merefield](#):
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> In order for this to become a hyperlink that launches an email client you need to set _contact url_ to ‘[mailto:myname@example.com](mailto:myname@example.com)’
This worked but now I have ‘mailto’ right before the email. Is it possible to remove that.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/11 "2018-06-05T21:14:14Z")
Actually turns out you can do this in `contact url:`
```html
myname@example.com
```
This hides the ugly _mailto_ 🙂
That last rolo is mine, now, right? 😉
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/12 "2018-06-05T21:49:19Z")
> [@Sami\_Syed](#):
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> I already did that and posted a pic of it up top
Note that’s `contact email`, not `contact url`.
> [@merefield](#):
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> Actually turns out you can do this in `contact url`
❤!
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### Author:  [@Sami\_Syed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sami_Syed)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/13 "2018-06-06T20:10:05Z")
> [@merefield](#):
>
> mailto:
like there is a ‘mailto:’ tag is there something like a ‘redirect’ tag? So that I can send users to my contact page when they click the email
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/14 "2018-06-06T20:26:40Z")
In that case just use the full URL of the page you want to go to, including the `http://`
(if you don’t it will try to append the link you give to the end of the current domain).
You don’t need the rest of the html in the case of `mailto:`, so just:
`http://myotherwebsite.com` should work in `contact url`
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### Author:  [@Sami\_Syed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sami_Syed)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/15 "2018-06-06T20:29:29Z")
It worked perfectly
> [@merefield](#):
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> (if you don’t it will try to append the link you give to the end of the current domain)
This is the problem I was having. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-contact-email-hyperlink-url/89198/16 "2024-06-08T12:37:24Z")
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