# Is it possible to disable the 'create links from URLs' behaviour in PDF.js Express Viewer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Support\ **Created:** [December 16, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-the-create-links-from-urls-behaviour-in-pdf-js-express-viewer/1258 "2021-12-16T18:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![nickmyersdt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/pdfjs.community/nickmyersdt/32/628_2.png) [@nickmyersdt](https://pdfjs.community/u/nickmyersdt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-the-create-links-from-urls-behaviour-in-pdf-js-express-viewer/1258/1 "2021-12-16T18:31:17Z")
**Which product are you using?** PDF.js Express Viewer **PDF.js Express Version** @pdftron/pdfjs-express-viewer: 8.1.1 **Detailed description of issue** FYI - This happens in the ‘full Adobe Acrobat Pro DC’ client unless Preferences \> General \> Create links from URLs is disabled. When displaying a text container with a string of text that looks like a URL (e.g. [www.google.com](http://www.google.com)) the viewer is turning that text into a clickable link. We’d like to disable this behaviour if possible, as we want to include the information but not provide a clickable link to a third party website. **Desired behaviour** Text strings that are also URLs are not rendered as clickable links and are rendered as plain text. **Does your issue happen with every document, or just one?** Every document **Link to document** Behind paywall I’m afraid **Code snippet** I don’t think any code is required, if you add the text [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) to a PDF and view it through PDF.js Express Viewer, it will be displayed as a clickable link. --- _[View the full topic](https://pdfjs.community/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-the-create-links-from-urls-behaviour-in-pdf-js-express-viewer/1258)._