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deleting comments with document inspector

Maru 1 Reputation point
2020-09-08T22:51:40.297+00:00

I managed to delete all comments in a word document using the document inspector. This was unintentional (I only wanted to remove my name from the comment boxes) and now I want to restore the comments. Can this be done? To make things worse, I think I was working on a downloaded version of the file located in my downloads folder, so it was not even properly saved.
Any help, much appreciated!

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows

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  1. Stefan Blom 3,116 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-09-11T11:56:39.733+00:00

    Is Windows your operating system? In that case, you may find a downloaded file in the Downloads folder.

    However, since you have made undesired changes, you could retrieve the original document instead. You will be able to get your older content back, including comments. Of course, any edits made recently won't be there.

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  2. Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2020-09-09T07:40:35+00:00

    Hi @Maru ,
    I tested this feature and I found you cannot recovery the comments that are removed by Document Inspector, there is no Undo to back.

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