Removing Hyperlinks from an .ppt exported from Powerbi?

[cweale]

I'm running into issues with the powerpoint report being exported by Powerbi containing hyperlinks on each page, so that when our people review them, the hyperlink box will pop up during the presentation. Other than exporting directly to a .pdf or choosing "remove link" on each individual page, is there anyway to export to .ppt without those links or if that's not possible, batch remove the links from each page?

They are being exported into .ppt "as image".

[v-pnaroju-msft]

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[v-pnaroju-msft · Accepted solution]

Thankyou, @Ritaf1983, for your response.

Hi @cweale,

We sincerely appreciate your inquiry submitted through the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum.

To the best of my understanding, when exporting Power BI reports to PowerPoint, each visual is embedded as an image. However, hyperlinks may still be retained within the metadata of the image container—such as bookmarks or underlying links present in tooltips or visuals. These links are not visibly displayed but may become active during presentations when hovered over or clicked, causing the unwanted "hyperlink box" pop-up to appear.

At present, Power BI does not offer a native export setting to disable hyperlinks during PowerPoint export. Therefore, we recommend removing any URLs or tooltips from your Power BI visuals that could be interpreted as hyperlinks. Additionally, please avoid using action buttons, bookmarks, or drill-through pages if the report is intended for export to PowerPoint.

Further, kindly consider the following workarounds which might assist in resolving this issue:

1. Export to PDF and then convert to PowerPoint:

This approach ensures that all hyperlinks are removed while maintaining the visual integrity of the report, thus eliminating the need for manual editing. Exporting to PDF flattens all visuals and removes interactive elements like hyperlinks. When the PDF is converted to PowerPoint format, it retains only static content.

a. From Power BI Service or Desktop, select File, then Export to PDF instead of PowerPoint.

b. Open the exported PDF document.

c. Use Adobe Acrobat Pro or a free tool such as SmallPDF to convert the PDF to PowerPoint (.pptx) format.

d. Save and review the presentation; all visuals will now appear as clean images without hyperlinks.

2. Create a sample dataset with one column named "ProductLink" containing all the URL links.

a. Disable hyperlink behaviour by setting the Data Category for the ProductLink column under Properties to "Uncategorized."

b. Build a matrix visual and export it to PowerPoint as an image. Upon opening the PowerPoint file, the hyperlinks will appear as plain text only.

Please find attached the screenshots and the .pbix file for reference:

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[M181ut]

Hi, 
I don't think this answers the original post's problem. 
When exporting the PBI report in the PPT format as an image (not as active), each slide becomes an image with a hyperlink to the PBI report. So when presenting the PPT, if you hover over the slide the hyperlink will appear. The original commenter asked if there was a way to disable this (other than removing the hyperlink on each slide in PPT manually).
I personnally also have that problem concerning the confidentiality. If I export the report under PPT format as an image and send this to someone, I don't want that person to have a link to my PBI report (even if they'll have to ask for access).

[v-pnaroju-msft]

Hi M181ut,

Based on my understanding, when a Power BI report is exported to PowerPoint as images, each slide image automatically contains a hyperlink back to the Power BI report. This hyperlink is embedded at the slide (or image container) level rather than inside the visual itself. At present, Power BI does not offer a built-in option to disable or remove this embedded hyperlink during export.

Please consider the following workaround, which may help address the issue:

1. Save the slides as images to maintain confidentiality.
2. Open the exported .pptx file in PowerPoint and use File > Save As to export all slides as PNG or JPEG images.
3. Create a new PowerPoint file by choosing Insert > Photo Album and add all the saved images.
4. Save the new file. The resulting slides will be plain images without any embedded hyperlinks.

Since there is no native Power BI setting for this behaviour at present, we kindly request that you submit a feature suggestion Export without hyperlink to report using the Ideas link:
Fabric Ideas - Microsoft Fabric Community

We hope this information is useful. Should you have any further queries, please feel free to contact the Microsoft Fabric community.

Thank you.

[Ritaf1983]

Hו @cweale 

When exporting to PowerPoint as Live, there’s no way to disable hyperlinks.
If the report includes buttons or links – they’ll remain clickable in the exported file.

If you need a version without any active links, you’ll have to either prepare a clean version of the report (without those elements), or export it as images.

When exporting as image, all visuals are flattened – so nothing is clickable.

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