Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Removing All Comments.

Removing All Comments

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated March 11, 2024)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021

Word allows you to easily add comments to your documents. There may come a time when you want to get rid of all of them. In order to do so, you can follow these steps:

Display the Review tab of the Ribbon.
Click the down-arrow on the Delete tool in the Comments group. (See Figure 1.)

Figure 1. The Comments group on the Review tab of the ribbon.

In the resulting drop-down list, choose Delete All Comments in Document.

Note that if you don't see the Delete tool in Step 2, click on either the Previous tool or Next tool and Word will display the Delete tool. Follow with Step 3 to remove all comments in your document.

WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (12119) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Removing All Comments.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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2019-05-12 16:00:53

Henry Noble

If the reason for removing all comments is to prepare the document for sharing or publication, the user may want to cover multiple bases by going to File > Info and then clicking on Check for Issues.

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