Sub Anonymizer()
' Anonymizer Macro
' Removes meda data in all the docxs in a folder and saves in new folder
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim strInFold As String, strOutFold As String, strFile As String, strOutFile As String, DocSrc As Document
'Call the GetFolder Function to determine the folder to process
strInFold = GetFolder
If strInFold = "" Then Exit Sub
strFile = Dir(strInFold & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
'Check for documents in the folder - exit if none found
If strFile <> "" Then strOutFold = strInFold & "\Output\"
'Test for an existing outpfolder & create one if it doesn't already exist
If Dir(strOutFold, vbDirectory) = "" Then MkDir strOutFold
strFile = Dir(strInFold & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
'Process all documents in the chosen folder
While strFile <> ""
  Set DocSrc = Documents.Open(FileName:=strInFold & "\" & strFile, AddTorecentFiles:=False, Visible:=False)
  With DocSrc
    'remove personal information
    .RemoveDocumentInformation (wdRDIDocumentProperties)
    'String variable for the output filenames
    strOutFile = strOutFold & Split(.Name, ".")(0)
    'Save and close the document
    .SaveAs FileName:=strOutFile
    .Close
  End With
  strFile = Dir()
Wend
Set Rng = Nothing: Set DocSrc = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
 
Function GetFolder(Optional Title As String, Optional RootFolder As Variant) As String
On Error Resume Next
GetFolder = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseForFolder(0, Title, 0, RootFolder).Items.Item.Path
End Function