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Quickly remove all footnotes from document in Word 

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It is easy to remove one footnote with deleting corresponding footnote reference mark in document. However, task looks arduous when we need to remove many footnotes for a long document. The Kutools for Word's Remove All Footnotes in Selected Range utility is able to batch remove all footnotes from a selection or the whole document quickly.

Remove all footnotes from whole document

Remove all footnotes from a part of document

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Click Kutools > Remove > Remove All Footnotes in Selected Range.

a screenshot of enabling the remove footnotes feature

Remove all footnotes from whole document

If you want to remove all footnotes from the entire document, simply apply the utility by clicking Kutools > Remove > Remove All Footnotes in Selected Range, then click Yes in the confirmation dialog box. All footnotes will be removed from the document. See the following screenshots:

a screenshot showing the original footnotes and the confirmation dialog
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a screenshot showing the result after removing all footnotes

Remove all footnotes from a part of document

If you only want to remove all footnotes from a specific part of the document, first select the desired section, then apply the utility by clicking Kutools > Remove > Remove All Footnotes in Selected Range. All footnotes within the selection will be removed.

a screenshot showing the selected range
an arrow
screenshot showing the result after removing all footnotes from the range

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