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Cheryl has a worksheet that contains many hyperlinks. The display text for each hyperlink is different than the target for the hyperlink. These hyperlinks are all in column A. Cheryl would like to leave the display text in column A, move the target URL into column B, and delete the hyperlink in column A. What she needs to end up with is the display text in column A, the URL in column B, and no active hyperlinks in the worksheet.
Processing and extracting information from hyperlinks in this manner requires the use of a macro. The following is an example of a flexible macro that examines whatever hyperlinks are in the selected range of cells. If a hyperlink is found, the URL for the hyperlink is entered to the right of the hyperlink and then the hyperlink itself is deleted. This leaves the display text in the cell where the hyperlink used to be.
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: 
Sub GetHLInfo()
Dim rRng As Range
Dim cell As Range
Set rRng = ActiveSheet.Range(ActiveWindow.Selection.Address)
For Each cell In rRng
If cell.Hyperlinks.Count > 0 Then
cell.Offset(0, 1) = cell.Hyperlinks(1).Address
cell.Hyperlinks(1).Delete
End If
Next
End Sub
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2016-03-19 13:19:37
SandyLee Griswold
Thank you so much for this macro. You saved me HOURS of time this morning. You're my HERO!
2014-08-11 12:10:55
Bryan
The first working line of the macro is really clumsy... instead of
Set rRng = ActiveSheet.Range(ActiveWindow.Selection.Address)
Why not
Set rRng = Selection
Or better yet, just skip the extra object and use Selection directly within the loop. Usually I'm not a fan of the Select object, but in this case it's how you are choosing what cells to run the macro over so it's the most logical choice.
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