When browsing articles and blogs on the web, you may want to copy a headline or a phrase that has a link. Usually, when following the usual copy-and-paste method, the highlighted phrase will paste along with the link, especially when you paste it into a word processor or an HTML editor.
This can be an annoyance, particularly when you only want to copy and paste the text and not the link.
While there are many workarounds to this, there is a quicker, easier approach to the problem. Instead of copying and pasting text with links and then removing them later, there’s a way to remove the link before you start copying.
A Firefox add-on called Link Stun enables you to temporarily disable links in highlighted text so you can copy and paste them as plain text. Here’s how it works:
1. First, you‘ll have to download and install the add-on. After installing, you’ll need to restart Firefox.
Once restarted, you may browse into a web page of your choice and activate Link Stun using the context menu.
2. Right-click on the text you want to copy, and select “Link Stun”. This will immediately clear out any links associated with the highlighted text. You will notice that a cursor appears when you hover over the text instead of an arrow. This means that the text can now be copied without including the link.
