diff --git a/app/hooks/useEditorClickHandlers.ts b/app/hooks/useEditorClickHandlers.ts
index 9292238502..7e791536d2 100644
--- a/app/hooks/useEditorClickHandlers.ts
+++ b/app/hooks/useEditorClickHandlers.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type Params = {
 
 export default function useEditorClickHandlers({ shareId }: Params) {
   const history = useHistory();
-  const { documents } = useStores();
+  const { documents, ui } = useStores();
   const handleClickLink = useCallback(
     (href: string, event?: MouseEvent) => {
       // on page hash
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export default function useEditorClickHandlers({ shareId }: Params) {
           !event ||
           (!isModKey(event) && !event.shiftKey && event.button !== 1)
         ) {
+          ui.setPresentingDocument(null);
           history.push(navigateTo, { sidebarContext: "collections" }); // optimistic preference of "collections"
         } else {
           window.open(navigateTo, "_blank");
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export default function useEditorClickHandlers({ shareId }: Params) {
         window.open(href, "_blank");
       }
     },
-    [history, shareId]
+    [history, shareId, documents, ui]
   );
 
   return { handleClickLink };
diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/components/PresentationMode.tsx b/app/scenes/Document/components/PresentationMode.tsx
index 312a69a537..106df46c11 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/components/PresentationMode.tsx
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/components/PresentationMode.tsx
@@ -331,7 +331,13 @@ function PresentationMode({ title, icon, iconColor, data, onClose }: Props) {
           </Tooltip>
         </RightButtons>
       </TopBar>
-      <SlideArea onClick={goNext}>
+      <SlideArea
+        onClick={(event: React.MouseEvent) => {
+          if (!(event.target as HTMLElement).closest("a")) {
+            goNext();
+          }
+        }}
+      >
         <SlideContent ref={slideContentRef}>
           {slide.type === "title" ? (
             <TitleSlide>
@@ -395,6 +401,10 @@ const Container = styled.div<{ $background: string; $idle: boolean }>`
   * {
     cursor: inherit;
   }
+
+  a[href] {
+    cursor: ${(props) => (props.$idle ? "none" : "pointer")};
+  }
 `;
 
 const SlideArea = styled.div`