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Office 365 Word - Remove Personal Data (Metadata)

Anonymous
2013-11-14T14:41:38+00:00

I want to remove personal data (Metadata) from my Word documents.  It was pretty easy to do in earlier version of Word, but I can't seem to find in in Office 365 Word.

Suggestions?

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-08-21T08:02:51+00:00

    If you have Office 365 for Mac, I think the answer is to go to Tools/Protect Document

    You have several options including Protect the Document From Tracked Changes, and also you can Remove Personal Information.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-02T17:43:45+00:00

    Unfortunately, there is no File / Info option in Office 365 Word.  (See screenshot attached.)

    It looks like this is a (valuable) feature that didn't make it to this version yet.   :-(

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  3. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-11-14T16:58:59+00:00

    Since Word in Office 365 is supposedly (for now, anyway) identical to Word 2013,  you should find this in the same place as in Word 2010: File | Info: Inspect Document | Check for Issues | Inspect Document. This gives you the opportunity to "inspect" the document and remove personal information.

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  4. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-03-02T22:00:32+00:00

    You clearly have a Mac version. You'll need to post here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macword

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