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How can I remove the new Comments, Editing, & Share buttons from the upper right of the ribbon?

Anonymous
2022-09-13T23:41:16+00:00

In the past few days, Word updated itself and there are now three buttons in the upper right corner of the ribbon (Comments, Editing, & Share):

They came to my attention because if a document is read only then I get a pointless and annoying pop-up telling me this info:

How do I remove these buttons? They needlessly consume screen real estate, and the popup is telling me something that already appears in the window's title bar.

Note, it's Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2208 Build 16.0.15601.20072) 64-bit

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-10T21:42:54+00:00

    I, too, would like to do this. The three drop-down boxes at the top right replicate what's already available. I do not share; I only create comments, not review them; and the Reviewing function is already available in Review in the ribbon. When I am working on my laptop, these three squeeze other things on the ribbon out of sight. I don't understand why they were even added, considering that they only duplicate functions. Somebody at Microsoft obviously thought it was a good idea to add them. I do not!

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-10T21:45:52+00:00

    I agree completely!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T15:45:11+00:00

    I think the new updates are terrible and pointless and now cause me extra time in my fast-paced work. I agree you should be able to remove them. I hate them. I tried doing the feedback thingy and it won't let me. Microsoft 365 updates are a HUGE FAIL.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-05T17:58:10+00:00

    Me too! Fully agree these three new buttons (comment, editing, and share) are a waste of time and real estate. They tell us what we already know and now require extra steps every time we open a file.

    Please get rid of them. Bad idea.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-01T17:13:35+00:00

    soooo totally AGREE! Most of their updates are unnecessary, not needed and prohibiting......I miss the OLD Word from years ago! I'm a keystroke user and hate the clicking all the time and a lot of the short cut keystrokes have changed or are no longer available!

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