How do I disable links in Notepad++?

Since a few months ago, Notepad++ automatically makes clickable links whenever I type a URL. This behaviour makes it much more difficult to edit HTML documents because instead of clicking in the middle of a text URL to change it, it now opens the link in the web browser instead.

How can I permanently disable this feature?

You have to uncheck this option:

Settings » Preferences » MISC » Clickable Link Settings

Once you've changed the setting, you will need to reopen the file in Notepad++ (or restart the application) for it to take effect.

This has moved to the Settings > Preferences > Cloud & Link

As a Windows 10 user, I found that I needed to run Notepad++ as an administrator in order for this setting to "take". This is probably true for other versions of Windows.

I discovered this after several attempts to uncheck the Clickable Link Settings checkbox. After restarting Notepad++ several times and finding the checkbox still checked, I found this solution from searching Google.