Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Text = "\<[! ]@\>"
    .Replacement.Text = ""
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .Format = False
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute
  End With
  If .Find.Found = False Then
    MsgBox "No tags found", vbExclamation
  End If
  Do While .Find.Found = True
    .Style = Split(Split(.Text, "<")(1), ">")(0)
    .Text = vbNullString
    .Find.Execute
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub