diff --git a/app/core/src/main/resources/static/pipeline/defaultWebUIConfigs/Pre-publish-sanitization.json b/app/core/src/main/resources/static/pipeline/defaultWebUIConfigs/Pre-publish-sanitization.json
index 797c191f3..2024f3003 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/resources/static/pipeline/defaultWebUIConfigs/Pre-publish-sanitization.json
+++ b/app/core/src/main/resources/static/pipeline/defaultWebUIConfigs/Pre-publish-sanitization.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         "removeEmbeddedFiles": true,
         "removeXMPMetadata": true,
         "removeMetadata": true,
-        "removeLinks": false,
+        "removeLinks": true,
         "removeFonts": false
       }
     },
diff --git a/frontend/public/locales/en-GB/translation.json b/frontend/public/locales/en-GB/translation.json
index a0f7a2666..64dbf2eaf 100644
--- a/frontend/public/locales/en-GB/translation.json
+++ b/frontend/public/locales/en-GB/translation.json
@@ -4619,7 +4619,9 @@
       "secureWorkflow": "Security Workflow",
       "secureWorkflowDesc": "Secures PDF documents by removing potentially malicious content like JavaScript and embedded files, then adds password protection to prevent unauthorised access. Password is set to 'password' by default.",
       "processImages": "Process Images",
-      "processImagesDesc": "Converts multiple image files into a single PDF document, then applies OCR technology to extract searchable text from the images."
+      "processImagesDesc": "Converts multiple image files into a single PDF document, then applies OCR technology to extract searchable text from the images.",
+      "prePublishSanitization": "Pre-publish Sanitization",
+      "prePublishSanitizationDesc": "Sanitization workflow that removes all hidden metadata, JavaScript, embedded files, annotations, and flattens forms to prevent data leakage before publishing PDFs online."
     }
   },
   "common": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/core/hooks/tools/automate/useSuggestedAutomations.ts b/frontend/src/core/hooks/tools/automate/useSuggestedAutomations.ts
index 30c33f7fa..c13ab3211 100644
--- a/frontend/src/core/hooks/tools/automate/useSuggestedAutomations.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/core/hooks/tools/automate/useSuggestedAutomations.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function useSuggestedAutomations(): SuggestedAutomation[] {
       {
         id: "pre-publish-sanitization",
         name: t("automation.suggested.prePublishSanitization", "Pre-publish Sanitization"),
-        description: t("automation.suggested.prePublishSanitizationDesc", "Sanitization workflow that removes all hidden metadata, JavaScript, embedded files, annotations, and flattens forms and layers to prevent data leakage before publishing PDFs online."),
+        description: t("automation.suggested.prePublishSanitizationDesc", "Sanitization workflow that removes all hidden metadata, JavaScript, embedded files, annotations, and flattens forms to prevent data leakage before publishing PDFs online."),
         operations: [
           {
             operation: "sanitize",