How to turn off link previews on Paper?

Since Dropbox is unable to provide a working solution, here is one.

HOW TO STOP DROPBOX PAPER FROM ADDING LINK PREVIEWS

1. Install some kind of adblocking plugin, eg uBlock Origin for Chrome
2. Add a custom filter rule:

   ||paper.dropbox.com/integrations/embed/unfurl

DISCLAIMERS

• This solution might break other Dropbox functionality, because this seems to cause Paper to throw JavaScript errors, which don't seem to affect Paper right now
• This solution might stop working at any moment, because it depends on the current implementation of Dropbox Paper

Is it possible to get this fixed? This is very annoying to work with, should be an option. Many other services that add link previews allow you to turn it off, eg Slack.

I'm trying to give Db paper a second change and moving my notes from apples notes app to paper but this really sucks a**

It messes up everything

I can just guess that it does so with every other document also

If this is still not have global disable option, it's a real fail.

have to look another solution.

Want a solution that doesn't force you to have to use code block when not doing code. Please just turn link preview off by default. We don't want distracting graphics and text when we just want a link. Terrible feature.

ok, not great but better than accepted solution checked below. Should turn off this spammy thing by default. Graphics are a huge distraction when you just want a url.

Yes. Please dropbox fix this. Your product is generally going to the wrong way,

like the new ui on the desktop. Nothing useful, just distractions and can't find what you want. Classic shell already did everything needed.

Yes please fix this so it's optional. I want it to show the URL link but also be able to click to take me to that link - not show a preview

I asked their support to make it optional as well -- but it seems a very low priority to them. I think they do understand that UX is bad. However, you will notice that they turned all links you pasted in as a redirection -- which means that Dropbox might track your clicks through that functionality. If you can switch it off by default, they can no longer track you.

This is a follow up to the follow "Solved" posted - https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-files-folders/How-to-turn-off-link-previews-on-Paper/td-p/320543/page/3

Every time I paste a URL into Paper, I can't actually see the URL. Instead, a giant thumbnail of the website appears. I can't for the life of me figure out how to see only the link without using a code block.

Please someone tell me that older post just hasn't been updated and there is a work around for this issue.

What's very odd to me is that Dropbox would have to go out of their way to implement this functionality. Why would they think people want a giant thumbnail every time they paste URL, as opposed to just the URL itself?

It's extremely disheartening that they were made aware of this issue over SIX months ago and there still is no fix. It seems like yet another big tech case of, 'we know what our customers want better than they know what they want' - I very much hope that's not the case.

Thank you!