Title: Problem with rel=”noreferrer” (cannot remove it)
Last modified: January 23, 2020

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# Problem with rel=”noreferrer” (cannot remove it)

 *  Resolved [paladinodeimari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paladinodeimari/)
 * (@paladinodeimari)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-relnoreferrer-cannot-remove-it/)
 * Under `Admin > WP External Links > External Links` I have unchecked all checkboxes
   under “Also add to rel attribute:”.
 * I assume my external links will not have any of those values in REL attribute.
 * But if I inspect the code of the page I see that 4 banner in teh sidebar have
   rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-wpel-link=”exclude”. You can check this problem
   on the 4 banners in the sidebar under the label “TI POTREBBE PIACERE”.
 * Why? And how can I remove those two values?
 * Thank You
    Fabio
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [paladinodeimari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paladinodeimari/).
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Alexandru Tapuleasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talextech/)
 * (@talextech)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-relnoreferrer-cannot-remove-it/#post-12361544)
 * Hi,
 * Thank you for using WP External Links!
 * The plugin will only add the attributes you selected by checking the boxes. If
   you unchecked those boxes it just means WP External Links will not add them. 
   It will not remove the existing attributes.
 * So I assume those links already have ”noopener noreferrer” set for the rel attribute,
   in which case you will have to remove them manually from the HTML.

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 * Last reply from: [Alexandru Tapuleasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talextech/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-relnoreferrer-cannot-remove-it/#post-12361544)
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