How to Hide or Delete Comments in Microsoft Word

This wikiHow teaches you how to hide or remove comments from a marked-up Microsoft Word document. Hiding comments will remove the comment sidebar from the right side of the Word document while deleting comments will permanently remove them from the document.

Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

Deleting Comments

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    Open the Microsoft Word document. Double-click the Microsoft Word document that you want to use. Doing so will open the document in Microsoft Word.
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    Make sure comments are displaying. If you don't see the Comments sidebar on the right side of the document, do the following:
    • Click the Review tab.
    • Click the Show Markup drop-down box.
    • Check the Comments option.
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    Find a comment to delete. Scroll down until you find the comment you want to delete.
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    Right-click the comment. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu.
    • On a Mac, hold down Control while clicking the comment you want to delete.
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    Click Delete Comment. It's in the drop-down menu. This will immediately remove the comment.
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    Delete all comments at once. To remove all of the Word document's comments at once, do the following:
    • Click the Review tab.
    • Click the arrow next to Delete in the "Comments" section of the toolbar.
    • Click Delete All Comments in Document in the drop-down menu.
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Method 2
Method 2 of 2:

Hiding Comments

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    Open the Microsoft Word document and click the Review tab. It's in the blue ribbon at the top of the Word document. A toolbar will appear at the top of the window.
    • To open the document, double-click on it.

    Note: Click Enable Editing at the top, if prompted.

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    Click Show Markup. This is a drop-down box in the "Tracking" section of the toolbar. A menu will appear.
    • On Mac, click the Markup Options drop-down box instead.
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    Uncheck the Comments option. Clicking the ✓ Comments option in the menu will remove the checkmark and hide the Comments sidebar.
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1. Open the Word document.
2. Find the comment you want to delete, right-click the comment, and click Delete Comment to delete a comment.
3. Click the Review tab, click Show Markup, and uncheck the Comments option to hide comments.

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