Content on any platform can’t thrive as a standalone entity. It needs to link to other pages and get links from other pages. Even your private Notion pages might need to link to other private pages.
Adding hyperlinks is important beyond just accessibility reasons if you run a Notion blog. Internal links not only help people reach the money pages of your website but also enable them to find related content that interests them.
In this guide we discuss everything there is to linking in Notion.
Here are the five steps to hyperlink text in Notion:
1. Create a new Notion page
You can either open an existing page where you want to insert hyperlinks or create a new one.
2. Write content
We will use the content in the image screenshot below for reference in this guide.
3. Highlight the text that you want to hyperlink and click on “Link”
The highlighted text, termed as anchor text, should be relevant to the page it would link to.
4. Paste the URL and hit enter
5. Click anywhere into the text to see the Notion hyperlink
How to hyperlink an image in Notion?
Hyperlinking an image in Notion is not as straightforward as hyperlinking text. In fact, Notion does not support direct hyperlinking of an image within a page. You can, however, add a link to the caption of the image. Here’s how:
1. Hover over the image and click on the caption option
2. Write the caption
3. Link the caption text
Another alternative to hyperlinking Notion images is by using the Notion gallery view database.
How to add an email link in Notion?
1. Write the anchor text
2. Highlight the text and click on “Link”
3. Add a “mailto” link and click enter
How to hyperlink a Notion icon?
The process of linking a Notion icon is the same as linking Notion text. Simply highlight the icon, click on the “Link” option that appears, add the URL of the landing page, and hit enter.
How to rename links in Notion?
Editing the link text in Notion is a simple two step process:
1. Hover over the hyperlink and click on the edit icon
2. Edit the text in the link title
How to add a hyperlink in a Notion table?
1. Create your table in Notion
We will refer to the table in the image below in this section.
2. Highlight text in any cell and click on “Link”
3. Paste the URL and hit enter
How to remove hyperlinking in Notion?
1. Hover over the hyperlink and click on the edit icon
2. Click on “Remove link”
How to link a button in Notion?
Creating clickable Notion buttons are important from a conversion rate optimization perspective. These buttons stand out from the text and grab the readers’ attention. The primary CTA button on pages tends to get more clicks than any other hyperlinked phrases within the content.
Here’s how to link a button in Notion:
1. Create a button in Notion
You can create buttons in Notion by following this guide.
2. Highlight the button text and click on “Link”
3. Paste the URL and hit enter
How to copy a Notion link?
Hover over the hyperlink, this will open up an options menu. Triple-click on the URL that appears to highlight the full URL. You can then copy the link using the the keyboard copy shortcut — CMD/ CTRL + C
What's the shortcut for linking in Notion?
You can use the CMD/CTRL + K shortcut, after highlighting a phrase to open the hyperlink window in Notion. You can then paste the URL and hit enter to implement the hyperlink.
How to link to a heading inside a Notion page?
1. Copy the link to the header block
2. Highlight the anchor text that you want to hyperlink and click on “Link”
3. Paste the URL and hit enter
