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How Linking to add links on pages and other content across your site.

Often it's helpful to link to existing pages elsewhere on your site or outside your site that contain related
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Navigate to "Insert Link" in the Confluence ToolbarEditor.

From there, you can link an Internal or an External link by:

  • search searching for an existing link
  • search searching for recently viewed page
  • search searching for files
  • search searching for a web link
  • insert inserting a link into page using wiki markup

In all cases, you will also enter "Link text" before you select "Insert"the editor allows you to modify the displayed Link Text before you select Insert.

Select the link text on a page.

  • To remove:
    • click on the link and select Unlink from the link properties toolbar 
  • To edit:
    • click on the link and select Edit from the link properties toolbar and choose Save
 
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TYPES OF LINKS

It's possible to create internal links to the following types of pages:

  • a standard page
  • a blog post
  • an attachment
  • a website
  • an email address
  • a heading on a page
  • an anchor on a page
  • an undefined page
  • a personal space or user profile
  • a Jira issue
  • a shortcut link

It's possible to create external links to the following types of pages: 

  • a heading
  • a comment
  • an anchor

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  • Find out more about the specifics around creating different kinds of links on Learn more: Insert Links and Anchors from Atlassian Documentation
  • Insert links to other site pages via the editor or the keyboard shortcut (instead of using the full URL). This ensures the link will be updated if the page moves, or the title is updated.Looking for the
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Warning

When inserting links, make sure you navigate to "Insert Link" and select from the options available.

If you, instead, insert a hyperlink directly onto a page, this link may break in the future as the page is updated or moved.

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