How to Hide or Delete Comments in Microsoft Word

This article will show you how to hide or delete comments in edited and commented Microsoft Word documents. Hiding will hide the comments bar on the right side of the document, and deleting comments will be permanently removed.

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Open the Microsoft Word document. You will open the document by double clicking on the desired Microsoft Word document.

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Make sure the comments show up in the document. If you don't see the comment bar on the right side of the document, follow these steps:

Click the Review tab.

Click the Show Markup drop-down box.

Check the Comments option.

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Scroll down and find the comment to delete.

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Right click on the comment. This will display a drop-down menu.

On a Mac, hold down the Control key while clicking on the comment you want to delete.

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Click Delete Comment to remove the selected comment.

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Delete all comments at once. To do this, you would do the following:

Click the Review tab.

Click the arrow next to the Delete option in the "Comments" section of the toolbar.

Click the Delete All Comments in Document option in the drop-down menu.

Hide comments

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Open the Microsoft Word document and click the Review tab . This tag is located in the blue stripe at the top of the document. A toolbar will now appear above the window.

You will double click on the document to open it.

Note: Click Enable Editing at the top of the document if necessary

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