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Quickly remove all hidden data or text from document in Word

Author: Kelly Last Modified: 2025-03-20

To hide text in Word is useful when you need to print two different version of a document. You can quickly assign the hidden format to those texts you don’t want to print, but do not want to save two copies of it. Yes, there should be a lot of purposes for using hidden text format in Word. Nevertheless, to distribute a document without removing hidden data or text containing confidential or otherwise sensitive data is very danger in electronic form. Kutools for Word's Remove All Hidden Text in Selected Range utility can help you remove all hidden data or texts in the whole or selection of Word document to guard your document's safe.

Remove all hidden data or text from whole document

Remove all hidden data or text from a part of document

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Click Kutools > Remove > Remove All Hidden Text in Selected Range.

a screenshot of enabling the remove hidden text feature

Remove all hidden data or text from whole document

Please open the document which contains hidden text you want to remove, apply the utility by selecting Kutools > Remove > Remove All Hidden Text in Selected Range, and then click Yes in the popping up dialog box.

a screenshot showing the prompt box

Then all hidden text will be removed from the entire document immediately.

Notes:
  • When this feature is enabled, all hidden texts will be displayed in the document with a dotted underline.
  • You can manually show the hidden data or text in your document by clicking File > Options > Display > please checked Hidden text in Always show these formatting marks on the screen section. You can also go to toggle the hidden text on and off by using the Kutools for Word's Display Settings utility.

Remove all hidden data or text from a part of document

If you only need to remove all hidden text from a specific part of the document, first select the desired section, then apply the utility by clicking Kutools > Remove > Remove All Hidden Text in Selected Range, and click Yes to confirm the removal.

Then, a dialog box will appear, confirming the successful deletion. At the same time, all hidden text in the selection will be removed instantly.

a screenshot showing how to remove hidden text in a selection

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