How to Hyperlink in Discord? Improving Your Discord Skills

You can't just hyperlink text on Discord. You'll need to either use a bot, like Carl or go ahead and add web hooks to your server. To do either of the two, you'll need to first have the necessary server permissions.

I've been using the Carl bot on my server for reaction roles. But it's great that it can hyperlink texts too - I've used it a few times to hyperlink announcements from my Twitch channel to my Discord.

My friend who's a new streamer actually asked me how I did this, and I broke it to him how easy it was. So, if you'd like to know everything I ran him through, you can read ahead.

How Do You Hyperlink Text in Discord?

There are 2 ways that you can hyperlink on Discord. You can either use a bot, like Carl or add web hooks for your hyperlinks.

Method 1: Use a Discord Hyperlink Bot

The Carl bot is a neat way to hyperlink texts on your server. But before you try and use it, remember that you first need to have the proper permissions to invite it. So, you might not be able to work with them if you are only a server moderator.

Here's how you can invite the Carl bot:

• Go to the Carl bot website
• Click on the login tab, and then enter your Discord account details
• Once you've linked your Discord account, choose the Discord server that you want to invite the Carl bot to
• You should see a message asking you whether you would like to give Carl the necessary permissions. Confirm this by clicking the Authorize button
• Fill in the Captcha on the screen
• You should now see the bot on your server if you followed the above steps properly

Here's how you can use the Carl bot for the text link formatting afterward:

• Go to the Carl dashboard
• Scroll down and then click on the Embed option
• Wait for the Embed Creator Box to open up
• Add the following into the description section - FORMAT - prefix [write the text you want to appear on the link] (paste the link here) - EXAMPLE - Check out my [YouTube channel] (youtube link)
• Scroll down, and then click on your server name and choose the text channel that you would like the hyperlinked text to go to
• Click Send Message to finish up

Method 2: Discord Embed Link Generator (Discord Webhook URL)

You can also send hyperlinks by using webhooks. Basically, a webhook URL is an HTTP function that simplifies the communication between two applications. Discord lets you add webhooks between all sorts of sites.

Regular Discord users can't use webhooks. You'll need to have the necessary server permissions first. Depending on your server, this might not even be something that moderators can do but only server admins.

Also, to use a webhook, you'll once again have to use a third-party tool. I'd be telling you how to use the Discord Club site in my tutorial.

Here's part 1 of how you can create webhook a hyperlink:

• Open your Discord app or the website version of the app
• Go to the Discord server that you want to hyperlink
• Click on the Discord server's name
• Select Server Settings from the drop-down menu that pops up
• Select the Integrations button from the left-hand side
• Click on the New Webhook button
• Give the webhook a name, and then choose a channel that you would like the hyperlink text to go to
• Copy webhook URL
• Click on the Save Changes button to confirm

Here's part 2 of how you can create webhook for hyperlinks:

• Once you've copied the webhook URL, you'll have to go to the Discord Club website
• Click on the Start Now button - you should see a welcome message
• Go to the Webhook URL section
• Paste the webhook link that you copied from the Discord application
• Scroll down until you find the Embed Links section
• Now from the Embed Links section, head to the Description section
• Add the following into the description section - FORMAT - prefix [write the text you want to appear on the link] (paste the link here)
• Confirm the change
• You should see your webhook URLs on the text channel that you specified earlier, with your hyperlink

Why Doesn't Discord Let You Hyperlink Texts?

Discord doesn't allow hyperlinks, possibly due to security reasons. If they did allow users to send hyperlink messages, users would be able to generate hyperlinks and add IP grabbers behind their text links. A lot of users would end up getting hacked or even scammed this way.

FAQ

Answered below are some popular questions.

1. Can I Post Normal Links in Chat?

Yes, you can usually post regular links on Discord chats. However, that's if the server admins haven't changed the server's permissions - they might have made it so that only users with specific roles can send links on the server (or specific channels).

2. How Do You Shorten Links?

If for whatever reason you want to shorten a link before sending it, this is definitely something that you can do. This works well in servers with strict rules against spamming.

There are a couple of different link shorteners out there, but TinyURL is my favorite. Here's how you can use it

• Go to the TinyURL website
• Add your link to the 'Long Links' bar
• Click on the Make TinyURL option
• Copy and paste the new URL to your Discord chat now

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Final Thoughts

There are 2 different ways that you can add Discord hyperlinks. You can either use the Carl bot, or you can embed links via webhooks. Regardless of which of the two you choose for your hyperlink, they're both pretty easy.

Remember that to add Carl bot to your server, you'll first need to have the proper server permissions. At the end of the day, this is the case for all Discord bots, so this isn't anything new. And you will need the necessary permissions to create webhooks, as well.

Hopefully, you found all of the points that were run through useful and are able to send your hyperlinks now.