# Disabling links and avatars or icons in templates

<mark style="color:green;">SINCE V7.1.1.6</mark>

Templates are aware of two velocity variables that work with Email This Issue's macros:

* `disableAvatars: #renderIssueType(), #renderPriority(), #renderResolution()`
* `disableLinks: #renderSummary(), #renderProject(), #renderUser(), #footer(), #renderLinkToCustomerPortal(), #renderLinkToIssueCustomerPortal(),`&#x20;

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important**: These variables do not work with the built-in Jira macros.
{% endhint %}

## Disabling links <a href="#disablelinksandavatarsoriconsintemplates-disablelinks" id="disablelinksandavatarsoriconsintemplates-disablelinks"></a>

Add this to the beginning of the template to disable links:

`#set($disableLinks="true")`

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: Disabling links with this variable might not remove all links from the final email. Custom fields provided by third-party add-ons may still generate links that cannot be suppressed. Also, your mail client, like Outlook, may recognize links even if they are not inserted as links in the template.
{% endhint %}

## Disabling avatars or icons <a href="#disablelinksandavatarsoriconsintemplates-disableavatarsoricons" id="disablelinksandavatarsoriconsintemplates-disableavatarsoricons"></a>

Adding this will prevent rendering user avatars and issue icons (type, priority, resolution):

`#set($disableAvatars="true")`