How to hide the url of an online bibliographic entry?

Question

Consider the following MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[isbn=false,giveninits=true,uniquename=init,style=authoryear-comp,backend=biber,sorting=ynt,natbib,maxbibnames=99,maxcitenames=3,hyperref=true,sortcites=true,language=british,doi=false,url=false,backref=true]{biblatex}
\RequirePackage[colorlinks=true,urlcolor=blue,linkcolor=black]{hyperref}
\addbibresource{References.bib}
% DOCUMENT
\begin{document}
\cite{bop_22}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

And a References.bib file with an entry like this:

@online{bop_22,
    title = {Inmate Statistics},
    author = {{Federal Boreau of Prisons}},
    year = {2022},
    url = {https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp}
}

This is the output:

I want the title (Inmate Statistics) to be clickable while keeping the ugly and long url totally out of sight, but I can't achieve it. Can you please help me achieve that?

Literally just the title or is the whole reference clickable acceptable? — JamesT, Oct 03 '22 at 21:16
Thank you for your comment. And yes: literally just the title. Actually, my true (not-MWE) document already achieves the title as clickable only, so the issue is to hide the url (something I have achieved with all entry types except the online one, for some reason). However, I thought I would mention the title issue because any solution that breaks it won't be a solution. — EoDmnFOr3q, Oct 03 '22 at 21:21
Fair enough :) I have in my template documents a means to hyperlink entire entries (bar the cit. on etc. page numbers) and then disable the URL's which I always use with a bibnote explaining they are clickable (as the color box does not look nice). Hope someone more experienced in these dark arts can answer, best of luck! — JamesT, Oct 03 '22 at 21:23

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '22 at 09:39

Taken from this question: biblatex: make title hyperlink to DOIs, URL or ISBN. The option [online] limits this change only to online type references.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[isbn=false,giveninits=true,uniquename=init,style=authoryear-comp,backend=biber,sorting=ynt,maxbibnames=99,maxcitenames=3,hyperref=true,sortcites=true,language=british,doi=false,url=false,backref=true]{biblatex}
\RequirePackage[colorlinks=true,urlcolor=blue,linkcolor=black]{hyperref}
\addbibresource{References.bib}
% reference: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/48400/133968
\newbibmacro{string+url}[1]{%
    \iffieldundef{url}{#1}{\href{\thefield{url}}{#1}}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[online]{title}{\usebibmacro{string+url}{\mkbibemph{#1}}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[online]{url}{}
% DOCUMENT
\begin{document}
\cite{bop_22}

\printbibliography


\end{document}

How to hide the url of an online bibliographic entry?

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