# Have org-roam-complete-everywhere insert id: rather than roam: links?

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/have-org-roam-complete-everywhere-insert-id-rather-than-roam-links/1396>\
**Category:** How To\
**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/have-org-roam-complete-everywhere-insert-id-rather-than-roam-links/1396 "2021-03-23T05:42:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![gcoladon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/gcoladon/32/976_2.png) [@gcoladon](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/gcoladon)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/have-org-roam-complete-everywhere-insert-id-rather-than-roam-links/1396/1 "2021-03-23T05:42:03Z")

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I am under the impression that standardizing my workflow to exclusively use ID links to headlines and files is the most flexible. With that idea in mind, when I am typing and am given an opportunity to auto-complete a title, and have `org-roam-prefer-id-links` set to `t`, and the file I’m linking to starts with a property section with an ID property, I would like to have the auto-completed link be an ID link to that file rather than a roam: link.

What’s the best way to achieve that effect?

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**Author:** ![jethro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@jethro](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/jethro)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/have-org-roam-complete-everywhere-insert-id-rather-than-roam-links/1396/2 "2021-03-23T06:02:54Z")

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This is the default in the upcoming v2, so just stay tuned.

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**Author:** ![gcoladon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/gcoladon/32/976_2.png) [@gcoladon](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/gcoladon)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/have-org-roam-complete-everywhere-insert-id-rather-than-roam-links/1396/3 "2021-03-24T04:35:39Z")

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OK great, thank you. In the main v2 thread I have a followup question about how to get on v2 now as a Doomer.

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**Author:** ![gcoladon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/gcoladon/32/976_2.png) [@gcoladon](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/gcoladon)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/have-org-roam-complete-everywhere-insert-id-rather-than-roam-links/1396/4 "2021-03-27T18:19:07Z")

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Similar to the situation in the other thread where I asked why I am getting `file:` links instead of `id:` links for newly captured files, in which saving the files to disk was critical, even though autocomplete generates `roam:` links or me, when the save the file in which the `roam:` link appears, it is converted to an `id:` link automatically.

So, I already get the “v2” type of behavior even when on v1, as long as I am content to have to save files often to get the desired effect.