Short answer: there is no “uncopy” button. Chrome shows the “Link you copied” prompt because a URL is still sitting on your clipboard. To clear it, copy anything else, even a single word or letter. The prompt disappears the moment your clipboard no longer holds a link. The old chrome://flags switch that turned this off has been removed.
What does “Link you copied” mean in Chrome?
Every time you tap inside Chrome’s address bar to visit a website or enter a search, you may see a “Link you copied” suggestion. This happens when you have a link in your clipboard. The clipboard is where your phone or computer stores the last item you copied.
It is a convenience feature on Chrome for Android. Normally you would long-press a link, copy it, open Chrome, long-press the address bar, and choose Paste. This prompt collapses that into one tap: Chrome offers the copied URL, and tapping it pastes and opens the link immediately.
How do I delete a copied link?
You cannot delete a single clipboard entry from inside Chrome. What you can do is replace it, which has the same effect.
- Open any app with text in it, such as Messages, Notes, or a web page.
- Long-press a single word and copy it.
- Return to Chrome and tap the address bar. The copied link suggestion is gone, because your clipboard now holds a word instead of a URL.
On most Android phones you can also open the keyboard’s clipboard panel (the clipboard icon on the Gboard toolbar) and delete saved clips there. This clears the clipboard history rather than just the most recent item.
Can I turn the prompt off permanently?
Not anymore. There used to be a flag at chrome://flags called Clipboard URL suggestions that disabled this behaviour. Google has since removed it, so there is no setting or flag in current Chrome versions that hides the prompt for good. Replacing what is on your clipboard is the only reliable workaround.
Why does it appear in Incognito too?
The clipboard belongs to your device, not to your browsing session, so Incognito windows can read it just like a normal tab. Nothing about the copied link is saved to your Chrome history, but the suggestion still shows because the URL is on the system clipboard.
Frequently asked questions
How do I uncopy a link?
There is no uncopy action on Android or in Chrome. Copying something else overwrites the clipboard, which achieves the same result.
Does the copied link get sent to Google?
The suggestion is generated on your device from your local clipboard. Chrome shows it only after you tap the address bar, and tapping elsewhere dismisses it without opening anything.
Why does the prompt keep coming back?
It reappears whenever a URL is the most recent thing on your clipboard. If you copy links often, you will see it often. Copying a word after each link keeps the address bar clean.
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