Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated January 1, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365
Kerstine has a worksheet with many, many different hyperlinks in it. She is wondering if there is a way she can replace just a part of each link. For instance, she might like to change any instance of http://www.mysite.com/ to c:/documents/mycopy/. If there is anything additional in the links, then that part should remain. So, for instance, if the original link is http://www.mysite.com/thispage.html, it would be changed to c:/documents/mycopy/thispage.html.
This can be easily done with a macro. The reason is because the hyperlinks can be examined and changed using regular string functions. The following macro provides a simple way to address the issue.
Sub EditHyperlinks() Dim lnkH As Hyperlink Dim sOld As String Dim sNew As String sOld = "https://www.mysite.com" sNew = "c:/documents/mycopy/" For Each lnkH In ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks lnkH.Address = Replace(lnkH.Address, sOld, sNew) lnkH.TextToDisplay = Replace(lnkH.TextToDisplay, sOld, sNew) Next End Sub
This routine steps through all the hyperlinks in the current worksheet and makes modifications, if necessary, to each one. Both the hyperlink and the displayed text are changed, as appropriate. All you need to do is make changes to the sOld and sNew strings to specify what you are searching for and what you want to replace it with.
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2025-02-14 09:54:40
J. Woolley
@Euan Robertson
Yes. But if you wonder, try it and see what happens.
2025-02-13 17:36:19
Euan Robertson
Will this work with embedded links? ie not formula cells
Thanks :)
2022-01-01 10:41:06
J. Woolley
For a related Tip, see
https://excelribbon.tips.net/T009898_Extracting_Hyperlink_Information.html
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