You can use links, bookmarks, and page breaks to help people find content or move around your file in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
Use links
You can add, update, or remove links in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
- Open a doc, sheet, or slide.
- Click where you want the link, or highlight the text that you want to link.
- Click Insert
Link.
- Under "Text," enter the text you want to be linked.
- Under "Link," enter a URL or email address, or search for a website.
- Click Apply.
- Open a doc, sheet, or slide.
- Click the link you want to remove.
- To remove the link in Google Docs or Slides, click Remove. To update the link, click Change and choose a new link or text.
- To remove a link in Google Sheets, right-click the cell with the link and click Unlink. To change the link, right-click the cell and click Edit link.
- Open a Google Sheet.
- Click the cell you want to link.
- Click Insert
Link
Select a range of cells to link
.
- Select the range of cells you want to link to.
- Click Ok
Apply.
Get info about linked documents & websites
- Open a document in Google Docs.
- In the top left, click Tools
Preferences.
- You can either:
- Turn on this setting: Check Show link details.
- Turn off this setting: Uncheck Show link details.
Use bookmarks
You can use bookmarks to link within a document to a specific section or page. Bookmarks aren't available in Google Sheets or Slides.
- Open a Google Doc.
- Click where you want the bookmark.
- Click Insert
Bookmark.
Tip: To remove a bookmark, click the bookmark Remove.
- Open a Google Doc.
- Select the text you want to link from.
- Click Insert
Link.
- In the window that opens, click Bookmarks. A list will show the bookmarks in your document.
- Click the bookmark you want to link to
Apply.
To remove the link or bookmark, click it, then click Remove.
Add section & page breaks
- Open a Google Doc.
- Select a section of your content.
- At the top, click Insert
Break.
- Choose a break type.
- To start on a new page, click Page break.
- To start a new section on the same page, click Section break (continuous).
Tip: You can change the margins or page numbers of different section breaks. Learn how to use document outlines, margins & rulers. Learn how to add or remove headers, footers & page numbers.
By default, section breaks are hidden when you open a document. To show lines where you’ve added section breaks:
- Open your doc.
- At the top, click View
Show section breaks.
Notes:
- To hide the section break again, click Show section breaks.
- When you set section break lines to be visible or hidden, that setting will be the same for all documents you open until you change it.
- Open a Google Doc.
- Click under the page break.
- On your keyboard, press Backspace or Delete until the page break is removed.