Word's Hidden Secret

As we all know, Microsoft Word documents can contain a wealth of hidden information and often this reveal our privacy and security. There are several different types of data concealed in documents and one of the easiest to remove is Metadata.

Metadata is created in a variety of ways in Word documents. So, there is no single method to remove all such content from your documents.

Here is the various methods that you can use to minimize the metadata in your Word documents.

To automatically remove personal information:

• On the Tools menu, click Options.
  
• On the Security tab, click to select the Remove personal information from file properties on save check box under Privacy options, and then click OK

To remove the User Name manually:

• On the Tools menu, click Options
  
• Then click the User Information tab.
  

The following edit boxes will appear:
Name
Initials
Mailing Address

• If you do not want any of this information to appear in your documents, enter spaces in the appropriate edit boxes, and then click OK.