How to Disable URL Link Previews in iMessage iOS11 (or iOS10, Mac OSX Sierra)

Question

Unable to send links between my developers via iMessage, as the "preview" feature of iMessage in iOS11 & iOS10 is making it hard to see the exact URL structure, because it is instead inserting a link preview. Is there any way to disable this? Driving us crazy!!

Answer 1

Surround the URL with periods.

Example ". http://google.com ."

iOS even removes the periods for you So it shows as " http://google.com " < no periods

Answer 2

Some of the other blogs I have read suggest that for the preview to work certain requirements must be met, if these are not met the preview will not be displayed (this should mean the full URL path is then visible):

1. The first requirement is the the link has to be either at the beginning of the text message, or at the end of the text message. If the hyperlink is placed in the middle of the text message, iOS 10 will not show a preview.
2. The second requirement for the new iPhone iOS 10 to render a hyperlink preview is that the hyperlink must start with http:// or https://.

Answer 3

With some experimenting it seems the rule is:

1. Repress preview if the URL appears in the middle of text
2. A dot can stand in for the text — and won't show

These all hide the preview, and hide the dots:

• my text http://www.example.com my text
• my text http://www.example.com .
• . http://www.example.com my text
• . http://www.example.com .

Answer 4

In iOS 12 and MacOS Mojave this can be done by just adding a dot (.) after the url (instead of both before and after mentioned in the accepted answer).

Example

http://google.com. becomes http://google.com in plain text

Answer 5

设置=>消息=>彩信=>关闭

Answer 6

Settings -> Notifications -> iMessage -> Show Previews. Turn that off.