How to enable 'personal information removal' for select documents?

King Mustard · #1 05-19-2025, 04:12 PM

I opened a client's Word document today and saw a banner showing:

Quote:

Personal information removal enabled. This document it set to automatically remove personal information when saved and can impact your collaboration experience. Only keep this setting if needed.

How can I enable this setting for some of my own Word documents?

Charles Kenyon · #2 05-19-2025, 08:53 PM

Use the Document Inspector under File > Info.

Stefan Blom · #3 05-20-2025, 12:44 AM

To add to what Charles has said, you will have to run the Document Inspector and when you see its report, choose to remove personal information. When the process is complete, save the changes. The next time you open the document, personal info will be gone.

King Mustard · #4 05-20-2025, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

Use the Document Inspector under File > Info.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom

To add to what Charles has said, you will have to run the Document Inspector and when you see its report, choose to remove personal information. When the process is complete, save the changes. The next time you open the document, personal info will be gone.

Brilliant - thank you, both!

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