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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 14, 2025)
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.
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 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 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.
Note:
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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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