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Default Link Icons<\/h2>\n

The White Coat theme automatically adds helper icons to some links.<\/p>\n

Adobe PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Word Doc<\/a><\/p>\n

Excel Spreadsheet<\/a><\/p>\n

This may not be desired on some links or buttons.<\/p>\nDownload Paper<\/a>\n

How to Remove Link Icons<\/h2>\n

To hide these icons, the class=\"no-icon\"<\/code> can be added to links and shortcode.<\/p>\n

Remove an Icon From an <a> Tag (Link)<\/h3>\n

<a class=\"no-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2019\/07\/AdobePDF.pdf\">Adobe PDF<\/a><\/code>
\nThe above code will produce the following link without an icon: Adobe PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove an Icon Using the [heels_custom_div]] Shortcode Wrapper<\/h3>\n

[[heels_custom_div class=\"no-icon\"]]Adobe PDF<\/a>[[\/heels_custom_div]<\/code>
\nThe above code will produce the following link without an icon: \n\n

\n\t Adobe PDF<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Remove the Icon in the [button] Shortcode<\/h3>\n

[button
\nstyle=\"btn-default btn-lg no-icon\"
\ntitle=\"Download Paper\"
\nlink=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2019\/07\/AdobePDF.pdf\"]<\/code>
\nThe above code will produce the following button without an icon: Download Paper<\/a>\n

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