Title: Removing link description
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Removing link description

 *  [ed146](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ed146/)
 * (@ed146)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-link-description/)
 * How do I remove link text description after the link?
    I would like to have the
   description show up when the cursor is above the link. I can’t not find anywhere
   in the support where it shows you how.
 * Please advise,
    Dan

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-link-description/#post-561607)
 * Here you go:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Manager#Editing_Links](http://codex.wordpress.org/Links_Manager#Editing_Links)
 *  Thread Starter [ed146](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ed146/)
 * (@ed146)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-link-description/#post-561613)
 * What I want is to keep the description but only show the description when the
   cursor is above the link not show up as a text next to link….
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-link-description/#post-561658)
 * Then you will need to that in your theme’s style.css.
 *  [marywinograd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marywinograd/)
 * (@marywinograd)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-link-description/#post-561927)
 * Sam,
 * I am having the same problem. If I need to add that to the theme’s style, how
   do I do it?
 * My theme style, reads:
 * /* links */
    a, a:visited {color: #9A1010; text-decoration: none;} p a:hover,
   ul a:hover {background-color: #BFD3E0;} #content p a:hover, #content ul a:hover{
   background-color: #E2EBF8;}
 * How do I rewrite it so that the description only shows when the cursor is above
   the link and not as text next to the link?

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [marywinograd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marywinograd/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-link-description/#post-561927)
 * Status: not resolved

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