# How can I disable the anchor character?

**URL:** <https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-disable-the-anchor-character/696>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-disable-the-anchor-character/696 "2020-11-23T13:33:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![l1x](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/l1x/32/377_2.png) [@l1x](https://zola.discourse.group/u/l1x)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-disable-the-anchor-character/696/1 "2020-11-23T13:33:03Z")

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I am trying to migrate from Hugo to Zola and almost everything works, except this one thing. I did not find any documentation on this. Is there a way to remove the chain icon?

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**Author:** ![Roman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Roman](https://zola.discourse.group/u/Roman)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-disable-the-anchor-character/696/2 "2020-11-23T14:45:09Z")

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Try to add  
`insert_anchor_links = false`  
on config.toml, If I understood you correctly

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**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-disable-the-anchor-character/696/3 "2020-11-24T10:02:50Z")

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By default it should be disabled. Otherwise as @Roman said, you can disable it in the section front-matter: [https://www.getzola.org/documentation/content/section/](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/content/section/)

As the docs mention, you can also change the template rendered.

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**Author:** ![l1x](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/l1x/32/377_2.png) [@l1x](https://zola.discourse.group/u/l1x)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-disable-the-anchor-character/696/4 "2020-11-25T19:12:49Z")

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> [@Roman](#):
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> insert\_anchor\_links = false

Thanks I will try this. I think I want anchor links but not the icon (the chain icon).

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**Author:** ![l1x](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/l1x/32/377_2.png) [@l1x](https://zola.discourse.group/u/l1x)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-disable-the-anchor-character/696/5 "2020-11-25T19:13:27Z")

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Thanks I am going to fiddle with these.

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**Author:** ![Roman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Roman](https://zola.discourse.group/u/Roman)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-disable-the-anchor-character/696/6 "2020-11-26T10:19:53Z")

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you may create _anchor-link.html_ template and customize it as you want, I just use #

```auto
<a class="anchor" href="#{{ id }}">#</a>

```