# Use Markdown link to go accross notebooks

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [1 March 2023 21:11 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816 "2023-03-01T21:11:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zumo/32/16384_2.png) [@Zumo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Zumo)\
**Post date:** [1 March 2023 21:11 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/1 "2023-03-01T21:11:49Z")

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For other support queries please indicate:

Version:  
Joplin 2.9.17 (prod, win32)

Client ID: ce1afa54ea10482a840230c1439b9902  
Sync Version: 3  
Profile Version: 41  
Keychain Supported: Yes

Revision: a84a8e7

Windows 11

Basically I want to know if it possible to use Markdown links across Notebooks?  
It seems that this option only allows to use this link while inside the same notebook not to a different one.

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [1 March 2023 21:52 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/2 "2023-03-01T21:52:34Z")

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@Zumo welcome to the forum.

> [@Zumo](#):
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> I want to know if it possible to use Markdown links across Notebooks?

Yes.

> [@Zumo](#):
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> It seems that this option only allows to use this link while inside the same notebook not to a different one.

No. A target note's markdown link will take you to the target note regardless of what notebook the note with the originating markdown link is in.

![Markdown_Links](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/3/d/3d92b5c0e6326837902f34f20b13e948f997b10b.gif)

If you look on the left you will see that as I follow the markdown links for the two notes the notebook changes. _(The gif has been recorded using a pre-release of Joplin but the same happens with v2.9.17)_

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**Author:** ![Zumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zumo/32/16384_2.png) [@Zumo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Zumo)\
**Post date:** [1 March 2023 22:52 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/3 "2023-03-01T22:52:52Z")

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Hello dpoulton thank you for that.

I didn't explain myself properly, accept my apologies.

What I meant was I have 2 different notebooks and in each one of them I have a note.  
Is there a way to get a link to the note in the other notebook?

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [1 March 2023 23:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/4 "2023-03-01T23:59:39Z")

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> [@Zumo](#):
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> What I meant was I have 2 different notebooks and in each one of them I have a note.  
> Is there a way to get a link to the note in the other notebook?

That is exactly what is happening in the animation.

**EDIT:**

Or by "Notebook" do you mean that you have set up more than one [_Profile_](https://joplinapp.org/news/20220606-release-2-8/#multiple-profile-support) in Joplin?

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**Author:** ![Zumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zumo/32/16384_2.png) [@Zumo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Zumo)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 00:18 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/5 "2023-03-02T00:18:46Z")

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I Right clicked on the note and copy markdown link. After I've created a link and I got this error.  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/7/17c402ae529709da2af45ecdff8506dcbaf70b64.png)

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 00:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/6 "2023-03-02T00:35:42Z")

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I cannot duplicate that on Win11 with Joplin v2.9.17.

Can I confirm that you got the link by using this menu and option?

![Screenshot_20230302_003058](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/8/5/85184d0e5f74e8f34302784b304f324ad6925ff7.png)

The Markdown Link you copied, what does it look like?

It should be in this format:

`[Note Title](:/5a2f42a35ec446c2b3c3e73a70786583)`

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**Author:** ![Zumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zumo/32/16384_2.png) [@Zumo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Zumo)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 07:09 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/7 "2023-03-02T07:09:06Z")

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yes I can confirm.

`[ESXi](:/e603a28fee5046a1a85716ce7d49afa3)`

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/4/1/41af991b641b16f883d255daf0f6bc25603d5ba2.png)

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**Author:** ![Zumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zumo/32/16384_2.png) [@Zumo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Zumo)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 07:16 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/8 "2023-03-02T07:16:18Z")

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another weird thing that I noticed is that when I Ctrl+ Right mouse button to go to the link it change the URL.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/8/9/891c3090f2df15cd86f54b33823d5c94709554b6.png)

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 08:44 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/9 "2023-03-02T08:44:58Z")

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Don't use the "Insert/Edit Link" function. That is for adding URLs, as in Internet addresses. Just paste the Markdown code `[ESXi](:/e603a28fee5046a1a85716ce7d49afa3)` directly into the note.

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 09:01 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/10 "2023-03-02T09:01:57Z")

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There also appears to be a bug. When using the Rich-Text editor you have to paste the Markdown Link into the note using `CTRL+V`. If you right-click the note and select _Paste_ the code is "escaped" i.e automatically modified to **not** display as a link.

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**Author:** ![Zumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zumo/32/16384_2.png) [@Zumo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Zumo)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 09:02 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/11 "2023-03-02T09:02:59Z")

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ok, it worked only once, when I clicked the second it does nothing 😕

`<div>Troubleshooting <a data-from-md="" data-resource-id="e603a28fee5046a1a85716ce7d49afa3" href="joplin://e603a28fee5046a1a85716ce7d49afa3">ESXi</a></div>`

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**Author:** ![Zumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zumo/32/16384_2.png) [@Zumo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Zumo)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 09:06 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/12 "2023-03-02T09:06:02Z")

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Let me correct that it only works when you have the editors option opened.

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 09:06 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/13 "2023-03-02T09:06:16Z")

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In the Rich-Text editor, hold down `CTRL` when you click the link.

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**Author:** ![Zumo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/zumo/32/16384_2.png) [@Zumo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Zumo)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 09:07 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/14 "2023-03-02T09:07:50Z")

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that part I know 🤣

Problem is that it is working the first time you click it the second time it doesn't.

If I toggle to the editors option all is well 😕

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [2 March 2023 09:15 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/15 "2023-03-02T09:15:19Z")

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I cannot reproduce that. The Markdown Link works for me every time, in both the Rich-Text and the Markdown editors.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [1 April 2023 09:16 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/use-markdown-link-to-go-accross-notebooks/29816/16 "2023-04-01T09:16:06Z")

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