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How to delete all images from a Word document?

Author: Xiaoyang Last Modified: 2024-09-13

When you need to remove all images from a Word document, manually deleting each image can be tedious, especially in lengthy documents with numerous images. Fortunately, Word offers efficient methods to quickly delete all images from your document. In this tutorial, we will guide you through two effective techniques:

Delete all images from a Word document with Find and Replace function

Delete all images from a Word document with an amazing feature


Delete all images from a Word document with Find and Replace function

The Find and Replace function in Word can help you quickly remove all pictures from the active document. Follow these steps:

  1. Open the Word document from which you want to delete the pictures. Click Home > Replace or press Ctrl + H to open the Find and Replace dialog box.
  2. In the Find and Replace dialog box, under the Replace tab, click inside the Find what text box and then click the More >> button.

    Find and Replace dialog box with Find what box and More button highlighted

  3. In the expanded dialog box, click Special and choose Graphic from the drop-down list.

    Find and Replace dialog box with Graphic option highlighted on the Special dropdown

  4. The ^g code will appear in the Find what text box. Click Replace All.

    Find and Replace dialog box with ^g in Find what box

  5. A confirmation box will appear. Click OK and close the Find and Replace dialog box.

    Confirmation dialog

All pictures in the active document will be removed at once.


Delete all images from a Word document with an amazing feature

If you think the above method is somewhat troublesome, to improve your work efficiency, the Kutools for Word’s Remove Pictures feature can help you to delete all pictures in a Word document with only one click.

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After downloading and installing Kutools for Word, please do with the following steps:

1. Open the Word document that you want to delete the pictures, and then click Kutools > Remove > Remove Pictures,

Remove Pictures option on the Kutools tab on the ribbon

2. Then, a prompt box is popped out to remind you if you want to remove all pictures, click Yes button, and all pictures will be removed from the active document.

Confirmation dialog saying 'Do you want to remove all pictures?'


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