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Quickly remove all text boxes and keep texts in Word

Author Amanda Li Last modified

What can you do when you need to remove all text boxes in Word? Normally, you'd have to remove them one by one, which is time-consuming—especially if your document contains many text boxes. While using macros could simplify the task, not everyone knows how to write or run VBA code. With Kutools for Word’s Remove All Text Boxes utility, you can quickly remove all text box borders without deleting the text, or choose to remove both the borders and the text—all in just a few clicks.

Remove all text boxes border without deleting texts

Remove all text boxes border and texts

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Click Kutools > Remove > Remove All Text Boxes


Remove all text boxes border without deleting texts

If you want to remove all text boxes border without deleing texts in a document as shown in the below screenshot, you can get it done as follows:

1. Please apply the utility by selecting Kutools > Remove > Remove All Text Boxes.

2. In the Kutools for Word dialog window, please check Just remove text box, and keep the text option. See screenshot:

the dialog box showing the option

3. After clicking OK, it will appear a dialog box to tell you how many text boxes have been removed.

a dialog box informing you of the number of text boxes that have been removed

4. You will see the results as shown in the below screenshots.

a screenshot of the original text boxes
an arrow
screenshot of the result after deleting the text box with the text intact

Remove all text boxes border and texts

If you want to remove all text boxes and the texts inside all text boxes, you can get it done as follow:

1. Please apply the utility by clicking Kutools > Remove > Remove All Text Boxes.

2. In the Kutools for Word dialog window, please uncheck Just remove text box, and keep the text option. See screenshot:

a screenshot showing the dialog box with the option unchecked

3. After clicking OK, it will appear a dialog box to tell you how many text boxes have been removed.

a dialog box informing you of the number of text boxes that have been removed

4. You will see the results as shown in the below screenshot.

the original text boxes with text
an arrow
no text boxes exist

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