SharePoint Online Link Web Part

In this SharePoint Online tutorial, we will discuss on SharePoint Online Link Web Part.

We will see, the SharePoint Link web part and how to add the Link web part to our SharePoint modern site page and we will see a few examples based on the modern SharePoint online environment.

In SharePoint server 2019, the SharePoint link web part is not available.

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What is the SharePoint Link web part?

Microsoft provides a lot of out-of-box web parts to work with modern site pages. One of the web parts is the Link web part.
Using the SharePoint link web part we can add a Single link URL to the SharePoint site page.
We can use a link web part for Images, videos, pages, and documents to navigate to a particular section of the page.
In the SharePoint link web part, we can redirect to the mentioned URL with a single click, either we can mention the internal URL or we can mention the External URL.

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How to add Link web part in SharePoint online

Now, let us see how can we add the Link web part to the modern SharePoint.

Open the SharePoint site page where you want to add Link web parts to the SharePoint modern site page.
Select Edit Page at the top right of the SharePoint site page.
Click + circled icon then add a new Section layout.
In the search box, enter Link and select the Link web part.

In the below screenshot, you can see the modern SharePoint link web part is added, where we can add the internal or external URL that we want Users to navigate.

how to add Link web part in SharePoint online

This is how we can add the Link web part to the modern SharePoint.

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Hide link and Hide link preview from the link web part in modern SharePoint

Let us see how we can hide the link and the link preview from the link web part in SharePoint online,

Select the (X) icon to hide the link from the link web part on the Modern SharePoint page.

hide link in the Link web part in SharePoint online

Select the (X) icon to hide the link preview from the link web part on the Modern SharePoint page.

hide link preview in the Link web part in SharePoint online

Select Republish to save your changes.

This is how we can hide the link and also hide the link preview from the link web part in SharePoint online.

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Edit SharePoint Link web part in Modern SharePoint

Let us see how to edit the Link web part in SharePoint online,

Edit the Link web part, and in the property pane on the right, we can add the Alternative text for the thumbnail image on SharePoint Modern page.

Select Republish to save your changes.

This is how we can edit and configure the Link web part in the SharePoint online People web part.

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Move, duplicate or delete the Modern SharePoint Link Web Part

Let us see how we can move, duplicate or delete the Link web part in modern SharePoint.

To Move the Link web part, select the Move web part option in the toolbox on the left of the Link web part box. Drag the icon to the place where you like your Link web part to be located.

Move link web part section in the Modern SharePoint

Duplicate web part option in the toolbox. This will automatically make a duplicate copy of the Link web part.

Duplicate link web part section in the Modern SharePoint

To delete or remove your Link web part from the SharePoint Online site, select the Delete web part option in the toolbox.

Delete link web part section in the Modern SharePoint

This is how to move, duplicate or delete the Link web part in the modern SharePoint site.

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In this Modern SharePoint tutorial, we have learned everything on SharePoint online Link web part, how to add the Link web part to the SharePoint modern page, and also covered the below-mentioned topics:

Hide link and Hide link preview from the link web part in modern SharePoint
Edit SharePoint Link web part in Modern SharePoint
Move, duplicate or delete the Modern SharePoint Link Web Part

Bijay Kumar

After working for more than 15 years in Microsoft technologies like SharePoint, Office 365, and Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI), I thought will share my SharePoint expertise knowledge with the world. Our audiences are from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, etc. For my expertise knowledge and SharePoint tutorials, Microsoft has been awarded a Microsoft SharePoint MVP (9 times). I have also worked in companies like HP, TCS, KPIT, etc.