Create a hyperlink to a sheet, report, or website

Create, edit, or remove a hyperlink in a cell to give people working on a sheet a quick navigation point to a relevant website or to another related Smartsheet item.

Who can use this?

Plans:

  • Smartsheet
  • Pro
  • Business
  • Enterprise

Creating a hyperlink differs from cell linking (which lets reference cells in another sheet).

Create a hyperlink in a cell

  1. Right-click the cell where you want to insert a hyperlink and select Hyperlink....

    To open the Hyperlink window, you can also select the cell and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + K (or Command + K on Mac).

  2. In the Hyperlink window, select Link to URL or Link to other Smartsheet.

    When you choose Link to URL, the item opens in a new tab; however, when you select Link to other Smartsheet, the item opens in the same window. 

    • Link to URL: Type the website address to which you're linking. Smartsheet supports http and https URL schemes.

      The URL is limited to 900 characters. Links to internal servers (Microsoft SharePoint servers, for example) aren't supported.

      Link to URL

    • Link to other Smartsheet: Choose <select sheet>. The Open a Sheet form appears. Select the sheet you want to link to and select OK.

      Sheet links don't appear in a published sheet. To provide public access, link to the sheet's published URL instead.

      Link to other Smartsheet

  3. Enter or edit the text in the Display Text field.

    This field is required if you select the Link to other Smartsheet option. If you selected the Link to URL option and don't modify this field, it displays the URL.

  4. Select OK.

The cell text is a live link to the website or other sheet. URLs that you enter directly into a cell also appear as live links. 

Edit the hyperlink URL and display text

To modify the display text or the link itself:

  1. Right-click the cell and select Hyperlink.
  2. Make your changes and select OK.

Remove a hyperlink

You can delete a hyperlink and any display text, leaving the cell blank, or you can remove only the link and preserve the display text.

Remove the hyperlink and display text

To delete both the link and display text:

  1. Select the cell containing the hyperlink.
  2. Press Delete (or Backspace) key on your keyboard.