Removing file extensions

Question

I have 200 documents that I have individually renamed, without the file extension. Suddenly today, every document has a file extension on it (.docx). The problem is that the extension takes up room in how the name displays - as it only displays so many digits. So now half the name of the docs aren't displayed and some longer names are totally obscured. All I did was go into those folders and print off a couple of those documents. Suddenly there they were - the extensions. On every document.

How do I get rid of the file extensions all together, in one step? There's no way I want to keep renaming each individual document each time this happens. Thanks for any help.

I'm on a Mac Sonoma 14.4.1 with Windows 10.

Answer 1

Are you using OneDrive or some other cloud service to sync your files online?

Answer 2

Yes. One drive.

Answer 3

That setting in the Mac Preferences is the only method to hide the file extensions.

If you remove the file extension from a Word document, does it still open correctly in Word if you double click the file?

Answer 4

Yes - if extensions not displayed - it opens the docs just fine. I haven’t had file extensions on my docs for decades (I’m showing my age here….). Till today that is. Not sure how they can rely on self-driving cars, quite honestly, I have never found tech to be in any way reliable, mostly in the past 10 years. Constant glitches and trouble-shooting, it can be exhausting. I’ll try renaming every doc individually again.