diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/submission/item-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-suggestions/org-unit-input-suggestions.component.html b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/submission/item-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-suggestions/org-unit-input-suggestions.component.html
index 87a422e7db..c4e31d3d81 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/submission/item-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-suggestions/org-unit-input-suggestions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/submission/item-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-suggestions/org-unit-input-suggestions.component.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <div class="autocomplete dropdown-menu" [ngClass]="{'show': (show | async) && isNotEmpty(suggestions)}">
         <div class="dropdown-list">
             <div *ngFor="let suggestionOption of suggestions">
-                <a href="#" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption)" #suggestion>
+                <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption)" #suggestion>
                     <span [innerHTML]="suggestionOption"></span>
                 </a>
             </div>
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/submission/item-list-elements/person/person-suggestions/person-input-suggestions.component.html b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/submission/item-list-elements/person/person-suggestions/person-input-suggestions.component.html
index 062e68da1f..b1621dbd2c 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/submission/item-list-elements/person/person-suggestions/person-input-suggestions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/submission/item-list-elements/person/person-suggestions/person-input-suggestions.component.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <div class="autocomplete dropdown-menu" [ngClass]="{'show': (show | async) && isNotEmpty(suggestions)}">
         <div class="dropdown-list">
             <div *ngFor="let suggestionOption of suggestions">
-                <a href="#" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption)" #suggestion>
+                <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption)" #suggestion>
                     <span [innerHTML]="suggestionOption"></span>
                 </a>
             </div>
diff --git a/src/app/footer/footer.component.html b/src/app/footer/footer.component.html
index 4990290037..c8ee8a2f5b 100644
--- a/src/app/footer/footer.component.html
+++ b/src/app/footer/footer.component.html
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       </p>
       <ul class="footer-info list-unstyled small d-flex justify-content-center mb-0">
         <li>
-          <a class="text-white" href="#"
+          <a class="text-white" href="javascript:void(0);"
              (click)="showCookieSettings()">{{ 'footer.link.cookies' | translate}}</a>
         </li>
         <li>
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html b/src/app/item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html
index e8f682a182..ac68ae1c31 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         (click)="$event.preventDefault(); handleLoadMore()"
         class="load-more-btn btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary"
         role="button"
-        href="#"
+        href="javascript:void(0);"
     >
         {{'item.page.collections.load-more' | translate}}
     </a>
diff --git a/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html b/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
index 08d1b54fab..d8a517dc55 100644
--- a/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     (keydown.space)="$event.preventDefault()"
     (mouseenter)="activateSection($event)"
     (mouseleave)="deactivateSection($event)">
-    <a href="#" class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" routerLinkActive="active"
+    <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" routerLinkActive="active"
        id="browseDropdown" (click)="toggleSection($event)"
        data-toggle="dropdown">
         <ng-container
diff --git a/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html b/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html
index e15a49d54f..80fdeda394 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <li *ngIf="!(isAuthenticated | async) && !(isXsOrSm$ | async) && (showAuth | async)" class="nav-item"
       (click)="$event.stopPropagation();">
     <div ngbDropdown #loginDrop display="dynamic" placement="bottom-right" class="d-inline-block" @fadeInOut>
-      <a href="#" class="dropdownLogin px-1 " [attr.aria-label]="'nav.login' |translate" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" ngbDropdownToggle>
+      <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="dropdownLogin px-1 " [attr.aria-label]="'nav.login' |translate" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" ngbDropdownToggle>
         {{ 'nav.login' | translate }}
       </a>
       <div class="loginDropdownMenu" [ngClass]="{'pl-3 pr-3': (loading | async)}" ngbDropdownMenu
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   </li>
   <li *ngIf="(isAuthenticated | async) && !(isXsOrSm$ | async) && (showAuth | async)" class="nav-item">
     <div ngbDropdown display="dynamic" placement="bottom-right" class="d-inline-block" @fadeInOut>
-      <a href="#" role="button" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.logout' |translate" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" [title]="'nav.logout' | translate" class="px-1" ngbDropdownToggle>
+      <a href="javascript:void(0);" role="button" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.logout' |translate" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" [title]="'nav.logout' | translate" class="px-1" ngbDropdownToggle>
         <i class="fas fa-user-circle fa-lg fa-fw"></i></a>
       <div class="logoutDropdownMenu" ngbDropdownMenu [attr.aria-label]="'nav.logout' |translate">
         <ds-user-menu></ds-user-menu>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.html b/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.html
index b9cad31761..2233c1bd16 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/chips/chips.component.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
           (mouseover)="showTooltip(t, i)"
           (mouseout)="t.close()">
         <a class="flex-sm-fill text-sm-center nav-link active bg-info"
-           href="#"
+           href="javascript:void(0);"
            [ngClass]="{'chip-selected disabled': (editable && c.editMode) || dragged == i}"
            (click)="chipsSelected($event, i);">
           <span>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/filter-suggestions/filter-input-suggestions.component.html b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/filter-suggestions/filter-input-suggestions.component.html
index 886c8f31c0..01edfc3e2c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/filter-suggestions/filter-input-suggestions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/filter-suggestions/filter-input-suggestions.component.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <div class="autocomplete dropdown-menu" [ngClass]="{'show': (show | async) && isNotEmpty(suggestions)}">
     <div class="dropdown-list">
       <div *ngFor="let suggestionOption of suggestions">
-        <a href="#" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption.value)" #suggestion>
+        <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption.value)" #suggestion>
           <span [innerHTML]="suggestionOption.displayValue"></span>
         </a>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.html b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.html
index 49e4c0a1d5..f137982fee 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/input-suggestions.component.html
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
     <div class="autocomplete dropdown-menu" [ngClass]="{'show': (show | async) && isNotEmpty(suggestions)}">
         <div class="dropdown-list">
             <div *ngFor="let suggestionOption of suggestions">
-                <a href="#" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption.value)" #suggestion>
+                <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption.value)" #suggestion>
                     <span [innerHTML]="suggestionOption.displayValue"></span>
                 </a>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
-</form>
\ No newline at end of file
+</form>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/validation-suggestions/validation-suggestions.component.html b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/validation-suggestions/validation-suggestions.component.html
index 1b958d8d9f..d6e2ead6ea 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/validation-suggestions/validation-suggestions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/input-suggestions/validation-suggestions/validation-suggestions.component.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <div class="autocomplete dropdown-menu" [ngClass]="{'show': (show | async) && isNotEmpty(suggestions)}">
     <div class="dropdown-list">
       <div *ngFor="let suggestionOption of suggestions">
-        <a href="#" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption.value)" #suggestion>
+        <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="d-block dropdown-item"  (click)="onClickSuggestion(suggestionOption.value)" #suggestion>
           <span [innerHTML]="suggestionOption.displayValue"></span>
         </a>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.html b/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.html
index 06677cb67d..d9a5efaa81 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div ngbDropdown class="navbar-nav" *ngIf="moreThanOneLanguage" display="dynamic" placement="bottom-right">
-  <a href="#" role="button"
+  <a href="javascript:void(0);" role="button"
      [attr.aria-label]="'nav.language' |translate"
      [title]="'nav.language' | translate" class="px-1"
      (click)="$event.preventDefault()" data-toggle="dropdown" ngbDropdownToggle
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/container/section-container.component.html b/src/app/submission/sections/container/section-container.component.html
index c510c7ddf1..e7a9d141c7 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/container/section-container.component.html
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/container/section-container.component.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
             <span *ngIf="sectionRef.isOpen()" class="fas fa-chevron-up fa-fw"></span>
             <span *ngIf="!sectionRef.isOpen()" class="fas fa-chevron-down fa-fw"></span>
           </a>
-          <a href="#" class="close mr-3" *ngIf="!sectionRef.isMandatory()"
+          <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close mr-3" *ngIf="!sectionRef.isMandatory()"
              (click)="removeSection($event)">
             <i class="fas fa-trash-o" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="0"></i>
           </a>