Linking is a fundamental aspect to Obsidian, and it's one of the things that makes it so cool. ## Links to another note You can create links in Obsidian like this: ``` [[This is a link]] ``` Adding brackets around a word or group of words makes a link. Here's another example of what that looks like, containing a real link rather than the syntax for it: [[obsidian-playbook/Using Obsidian/02 Making Notes in Obsidian/Markdown]] However, a link is not the same as a note. A note is a file in your Obsidian vault, and a link is like a pointer to it. Creating a link does not automatically create a note-- to do that, you can click on the link to open the note. ## [[Backlinks]] (linked and unlinked mentions) You can view the backlinks in the [[Using the right side panel and links|right side panel]]: ![[Using the right side panel and links#Backlinks]] To try it out for yourself, click on this link to open it and look in the "linked mentions" section to see this note, [[Links]]: [[philosophy]] ## Embedding You can embed links in Obsidian using Markdown: ![[obsidian-playbook/Using Obsidian/02 Making Notes in Obsidian/Markdown#Creating and embedding links]] ## [[Outgoing links]] Outgoing links is a [[Core plugins|core plugin]] that shows you all the links in the current note. ## Wikilinks and Markdown links Wikilinks and Markdown links are two different ways that links can be created in Obsidian. By default, Obsidian uses Wikilinks. These are the links we covered earlier, and they're the links we'll be using for the rest of the course. They're in the format `[[ ]]`: [[This is a wikilink]] Markdown links, on the other hand, look more like this: `[Here's text for the link](path/to/file)`. [This is a Markdown link](path/to/file.md) You can change which one you want Obsidian to use by going to Settings > Files & Links > Use Wikilinks. Unless you already have other notes that use Markdown link format, use the default Wikilinks.