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Quickly remove all macros from a document in Word

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We may regularly record macros or use macros in documents, or receive files containing codes. Macros help us work easier and faster. However, sometimes macro errors, warning virus, and slowing down documents are so annoying that you may want to delete them. Kutools for Word’s Remove All Macros utility can easily delete all macro from the whole document at once.

Even if having little knowledge of macros and VBA codes in Word, you are able to quickly remove all macros in current document immediately with Remove All Macros.

Remove all macros from a Word document

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Click Kutools > Remove > Remove All Macros

a screenshot of enabling the remove all macros feature

Notes:
  • This utility requires users to check the "Trust access to the VBA project model" in Trust Center.
  • This utility only removes all macros which are using in the document, but it cannot remove all macros which are locating in the Word Template.

Quickly remove all macros from a Word document

Suppose you have a document which contains multiple macros as shown in the below screenshot. You can click the Macros button under View tab or Developer tab to see all macros of the document. There are three macros as shown in the below screenshot: killTheHyperlinksInAllOpenDocuments, ResizeAllImages, and SplitIntoPages.

a screenshot showing all macros in the Macros dialog box

1.Open the documents containing the macros you want to delete at once, and then apply the utility by selecting Kutools > Remove> Remove All Macros.

2. A Remove dialog box pops up listing all macros, click Yes to confirm the deletion.

confirm the removal

Now all macros in the current document are removed.


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