diff --git a/lib/Config/Shortcodes.php b/lib/Config/Shortcodes.php
index c556027c7b..9359ff3651 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Shortcodes.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Shortcodes.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ namespace MailPoet\Config;
 use \MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
 use \MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
 use \MailPoet\Models\SubscriberSegment;
-use \MailPoet\Subscription;
 use MailPoet\Newsletter\Url as NewsletterUrl;
 
 class Shortcodes {
@@ -113,12 +112,16 @@ class Shortcodes {
   }
 
   function renderArchiveSubject($newsletter) {
-    $preview_url = NewsletterUrl::getViewInBrowserUrl($newsletter);
+    $preview_url = NewsletterUrl::getViewInBrowserUrl(
+      $newsletter,
+      $subscriber = false,
+      $queue = false,
+      $wp_user_preview = true
+    );
 
     return '<a href="'.esc_attr($preview_url).'" target="_blank" title="'
       .esc_attr(__('Preview in a new tab', 'mailpoet')).'">'
       .esc_attr($newsletter->subject).
     '</a>';
   }
-
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Link.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Link.php
index 977a85a403..2bfb1e5c19 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Link.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Categories/Link.php
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ use MailPoet\Statistics\Track\Unsubscribes;
 use MailPoet\Subscription\Url as SubscriptionUrl;
 
 class Link {
-  static function process($action,
+  static function process(
+    $action,
     $default_value,
     $newsletter,
     $subscriber,
-    $queue
+    $queue,
+    $content,
+    $wp_user_preview
   ) {
     switch($action) {
       case 'subscription_unsubscribe':
@@ -19,7 +22,8 @@ class Link {
         $url = self::processUrl(
           $action,
           esc_attr(SubscriptionUrl::getUnsubscribeUrl($subscriber)),
-          $queue
+          $queue,
+          $wp_user_preview
         );
         return sprintf(
           '<a target="_blank" href="%s">%s</a>',
@@ -31,14 +35,16 @@ class Link {
         return self::processUrl(
           $action,
           SubscriptionUrl::getUnsubscribeUrl($subscriber),
-          $queue
+          $queue,
+          $wp_user_preview
         );
 
       case 'subscription_manage':
         $url = self::processUrl(
           $action = 'subscription_manage_url',
           esc_attr(SubscriptionUrl::getManageUrl($subscriber)),
-          $queue
+          $queue,
+          $wp_user_preview
         );
         return sprintf(
           '<a target="_blank" href="%s">%s</a>',
@@ -50,13 +56,14 @@ class Link {
         return self::processUrl(
           $action,
           SubscriptionUrl::getManageUrl($subscriber),
-          $queue
+          $queue,
+          $wp_user_preview
         );
 
       case 'newsletter_view_in_browser':
         $action = 'newsletter_view_in_browser_url';
         $url = esc_attr(NewsletterUrl::getViewInBrowserUrl($newsletter, $subscriber, $queue));
-        $url = self::processUrl($action, $url, $queue);
+        $url = self::processUrl($action, $url, $queue, $wp_user_preview);
         return sprintf(
           '<a target="_blank" href="%s">%s</a>',
           $url,
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ class Link {
 
       case 'newsletter_view_in_browser_url':
         $url = NewsletterUrl::getViewInBrowserUrl($newsletter, $subscriber, $queue);
-        return self::processUrl($action, $url, $queue);
+        return self::processUrl($action, $url, $queue, $wp_user_preview);
 
       default:
         $shortcode = self::getShortcode($action);
@@ -74,15 +81,17 @@ class Link {
           $shortcode,
           $newsletter,
           $subscriber,
-          $queue
+          $queue,
+          $wp_user_preview
         );
         return ($url !== $shortcode) ?
-          self::processUrl($action, $url, $queue) :
+          self::processUrl($action, $url, $queue, $wp_user_preview) :
           false;
     }
   }
 
-  static function processUrl($action, $url, $queue) {
+  static function processUrl($action, $url, $queue, $wp_user_preview = false) {
+    if($wp_user_preview) return '#';
     return ($queue !== false && (boolean)Setting::getValue('tracking.enabled')) ?
       self::getShortcode($action) :
       $url;
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php
index b88928d9e2..3a4341163a 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Shortcodes/Shortcodes.php
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@ class Shortcodes {
   public $newsletter;
   public $subscriber;
   public $queue;
+  public $wp_user_preview;
   const SHORTCODE_CATEGORY_NAMESPACE = 'MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Categories\\';
 
   function __construct(
     $newsletter = false,
     $subscriber = false,
-    $queue = false
+    $queue = false,
+    $wp_user_preview = false
   ) {
     $this->newsletter = $newsletter;
     $this->subscriber = $subscriber;
     $this->queue = $queue;
+    $this->wp_user_preview = $wp_user_preview;
   }
 
   function extract($content, $categories = false) {
@@ -64,7 +67,8 @@ class Shortcodes {
             $_this->newsletter,
             $_this->subscriber,
             $_this->queue,
-            $content
+            $content,
+            $_this->wp_user_preview
           );
           return ($custom_shortcode === $shortcode) ?
             false :
@@ -76,7 +80,8 @@ class Shortcodes {
           $_this->newsletter,
           $_this->subscriber,
           $_this->queue,
-          $content
+          $content,
+          $_this->wp_user_preview
         );
       }, $shortcodes);
     return $processed_shortcodes;
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/ViewInBrowser.php b/lib/Newsletter/ViewInBrowser.php
index f312d8112c..fc2bd3e7e7 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/ViewInBrowser.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/ViewInBrowser.php
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ class ViewInBrowser {
     $shortcodes = new Shortcodes(
       $newsletter,
       $subscriber,
-      $queue
-
+      $queue,
+      $wp_user_preview
     );
     $rendered_newsletter = $shortcodes->replace($newsletter_body['html']);
     if($queue && (boolean)Setting::getValue('tracking.enabled')) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
index 04820573d0..64d76c4155 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ShortcodesTest.php
@@ -269,6 +269,30 @@ class ShortcodesTest extends MailPoetTest {
     }
   }
 
+  function testItReturnsHashInsteadofLinksWhenInPreviewIsEnabled() {
+    $shortcodes_object = $this->shortcodes_object;
+    $shortcodes_object->wp_user_preview = true;
+    $shortcodes = array(
+      '[link:subscription_unsubscribe_url]',
+      '[link:subscription_manage_url]',
+      '[link:newsletter_view_in_browser_url]',
+    );
+    $result = $shortcodes_object->process($shortcodes);
+    // hash is returned
+    foreach($result as $index => $transformed_shortcode) {
+      expect($transformed_shortcode)->equals('#');
+    }
+    $shortcodes = array(
+      '[link:subscription_unsubscribe]',
+      '[link:subscription_manage]',
+      '[link:newsletter_view_in_browser]',
+    );
+    $result = $shortcodes_object->process($shortcodes);
+    foreach($result as $index => $transformed_shortcode) {
+      expect($transformed_shortcode)->regExp('/href="#"/');
+    }
+  }
+
   function testItCanProcessCustomLinkShortcodes() {
     $shortcodes_object = $this->shortcodes_object;
     $shortcode = '[link:shortcode]';
diff --git a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ViewInBrowserTest.php b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ViewInBrowserTest.php
index b540e55766..359c7964f1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Newsletter/ViewInBrowserTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Newsletter/ViewInBrowserTest.php
@@ -85,13 +85,6 @@ class ViewInBrowserTest extends MailPoetTest {
     $queue->newsletter_rendered_body = $this->queue_rendered_newsletter_without_tracking;
     $queue->subscribers = array('processed' => array($subscriber->id));
     $this->queue = $queue->save();
-    // build browser preview data
-    $this->browser_preview_data = (object)array(
-      'queue' => $this->queue,
-      'subscriber' => $this->subscriber,
-      'newsletter' => $this->newsletter,
-      'preview' => false
-    );
   }
 
   function testItRendersNewsletter() {
@@ -99,7 +92,7 @@ class ViewInBrowserTest extends MailPoetTest {
       $this->newsletter,
       $this->subscriber,
       $queue = false,
-      $preview = true
+      $preview = false
     );
     expect($rendered_body)->regExp('/Rendered newsletter/');
   }
@@ -109,7 +102,7 @@ class ViewInBrowserTest extends MailPoetTest {
       $this->newsletter,
       $this->subscriber,
       $this->queue,
-      $preview = true
+      $preview = false
     );
     expect($rendered_body)->regExp('/Newsletter from queue/');
   }
@@ -120,7 +113,7 @@ class ViewInBrowserTest extends MailPoetTest {
       $this->newsletter,
       $this->subscriber,
       $this->queue,
-      $preview = true
+      $preview = false
     );
     expect($rendered_body)->contains('Hello, First');
     expect($rendered_body)->contains(Router::NAME . '&endpoint=view_in_browser');
@@ -134,7 +127,7 @@ class ViewInBrowserTest extends MailPoetTest {
       $this->newsletter,
       $this->subscriber,
       $queue,
-      $preview = true
+      $preview = false
     );
     expect($rendered_body)->contains(Router::NAME . '&endpoint=track');
   }