• You may use [[ or @ to bring out the backlink panel in Notion.
  • Backlinks are shown under the page title where you added backlinks.

Notion has made it very easy to create backlinks. You may follow the steps below.

Step 1: Open a Notion page and type double open-square brackets [[ to bring the backlinks pane.

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Step 2: You can also use @ symbol to open the backlinks pane.

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Step 3: Start typing the name of the page you want to link, and Notion will search your database and show you relevant results.

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Step 4: Click on the name of the page you want to link.

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Step 5: Notion will add the link to the page, which will appear as shown below.

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Using Backlinks, you can link several notes and pages so that the information flows, and it becomes easy to keep track of things instead of opening each page or note separately. Here’s how you view the backlinks on your project or someone else’s.

Step 1: Open the page where you have created a backlink. Click on the link to visit the linked page.

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Step 2: You will see that the linked page shows backlinks just below the title.

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Step 3: Click the backlinks button to reveal all the pages where the current page is linked.

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If you want to remove a backlink to older or outdated pages and notes for any reason, it’s easy. The only thing you need to keep in mind is that removing backlinks will disconnect the linked pages and notes. You’ll have to create a backlink again to reconnect them.

Step 1: Open a page where you have created the backlink you want to remove.

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Step 2: Select the link and click on the three-dot menu .

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Step 3: Click on the Delete button to delete the backlink.

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Step 4: Alternatively, click on the six-dot menu .

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Step 5: Click on the Delete button to delete the backlink.

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Tip: Certain Notion templates will have specialized backlink features

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