### Cancel the Link to an Object

If you decide you no longer need to maintain updates between your project file and a source file, you can cancel links between objects in the two programs from the destination file. When you break a link, the information remains in your project file, but you no longer receive updates from the source file.

Once object links are canceled, you can edit the contents of formerly linked objects in sheet views as you would edit any other information in the project file. When you cancel the link to an object in a graphics area, the object is converted to a static picture. A static picture is like a snapshot of the object.

To cancel the link to an object

1. On the Edit menu, click Links.
2. In the Links list, click the link.
3. Click Break Link.

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