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How to Disable URL Link Previews in iMessage iOS11 (or iOS10, Mac OSX Sierra)

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Unable to send links between my developers via iMessage, as the "preview" feature of iMessage in iOS11 & iOS10 is making it hard to see the exact URL structure, because it is instead inserting a link preview. Is there any way to disable this? Driving us crazy!!

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Adam Bowie Avatar asked Sep 27 '16 07:09

Adam Bowie

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How do I turn off URL previews in Apple Messages?

Most Android messaging apps will show the full URL and a rich link preview, so you should only really worry about doing this with friends who use Messages on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Before you paste or type in a URL, prefix it with a period, then add another period after the URL.

Where are link previews in settings?

In the Settings pane, select Mail > Compose and reply. Scroll down to Link preview.

How do you hide the link on iPhone Messages?

Option 1: Put the link in a sentence, or between words Simply placing the link being sent through Messages in between words or in a sentence will remove the message preview on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Just note that the words or text must appear on both sides of the URL to work as intended.

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Surround the URL with periods.

Example ".http://google.com."

iOS even removes the periods for you So it shows as "http://google.com" < no periods

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Bob Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 11:09

Bob

Some of the other blogs I have read suggest that for the preview to work certain requirements must be met, if these are not met the preview will not be displayed (this should mean the full URL path is then visible):

  1. The first requirement is the the link has to be either at the beginning of the text message, or at the end of the text message. If the hyperlink is placed in the middle of the text message, iOS 10 will not show a preview.
  2. The second requirement for the new iPhone iOS 10 to render a hyperlink preview is that the hyperlink must start with http:// or https://.
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Ant The Hoff Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 11:09

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