Accept or reject tracked changes in Word (2024)

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Before you share your document, remove any markup by accepting or rejecting tracked changes and deleting comments.

Important:To remove tracked changes, you must accept or reject them. To remove comments, you must delete them. Choosing the No Markup view only temporarily hides changes and comments. They willbe visible againthe next time someone opens the document.

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Accept or reject changes one at a time

Click or tap at the beginning of the document.
On theReviewtab, go to Changes.
Select Accept or Reject.As you accept or reject changes, Word will move to the next change.
Repeat until you've reviewed all changes in your document.

Tip:To review changes in the document without accepting or rejecting them, select Next or Previous.

Accept or reject all changes

On theReviewtab, go to Changes.
Do one of the following:
- In theAcceptdrop-down list, selectAccept All Changes.
- In the Reject drop-down list, select Reject All Changes.

Delete Comments one at a time

Select a comment.
On theReviewtab, goto Comments and select Delete.

Delete all comments

Select a comment.
On theReviewtab, go to Comments.
In the Delete drop-down list,select Delete All Comments in Document.

Tips:

To do a final check, run Document Inspector. This tool checks for tracked changes and comments, hidden text, personal names in properties, and other information.
To run Document Inspector, go toFile > Info > Check for Issues and selectInspect Document.

Accept or reject changes one by one

Click or tap at the beginning of the document
On theReviewtab, select Accept or Reject.As you accept or reject changes, Word will move to the next change.
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Repeat until you've reviewed all of the changes in your document.

Tip:To move through changes in the document without accepting or rejecting them, select Next or Previous.

Accept or reject all changes

Go to theReview tab.
Do one of the following:Changesand do one of the following:
- In the Accept drop-downlist,select Accept All Changes.
- In the Reject drop-down list, select Reject all Changes.

Delete comments one by one

Select a comment.
On theReviewtab, select Delete.

Delete all comments

Go to theReviewtab.
In the Delete drop-down list, select Delete All Comments in Document.

Acceptor reject changes

You can review each change in sequence and decide whether to accept or reject the change.

Click or tap at the beginning of the document.
On theReviewtab, go toTracking.
Select Accept or Reject. As you accept or reject changes, Word will move to the next change.

Tip:To review changes in the document without accepting or rejecting them, select Next or Previous.
Repeat until you've reviewed all of the changes in your document.

Acceptor reject a single change

Rather than move through changes in sequence, you can accept or reject a single change. When you accept or reject the change, Word will not move to the next change in the document.

Right-click the change and select the option to accept or reject it.

Accept changes

Tap twice on a change in the documentto select it.
On the Review tab, tap the Accept icon.
Do one of the following:
- TapAccept & Move to Nextto acceptthe change and moveto the next change in the document.
- TapAccept Deletion, Accept Insertion, or Accept Changeto acceptthe selected change, identified contextually by type, and notmove to the next change in the document.
- TapAccept All Shownto acceptall changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing only changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Accept All Shown accepts only the changes made by that reviewer.
- TapAccept Allto acceptall changes in the document.
- TapAccept All & Stop Trackingto acceptall changes in the document and turnoff Track Changes.
To move to another change without accepting or rejecting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.

Reject changes

Tap twice on a change in the documentto select it.
On the Review tab, tap the Rejecticon.
Do one of the following:
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- TapReject & Move to Nextto rejectthe change and moveto the next change in the document.
- TapReject Deletion, Reject Insertion, or Reject Changeto rejectthe selected change, identified contextually by type, and not move to the next change in the document.
- TapReject All Shownto rejectall changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing only changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Reject All Shown rejects only the changes made by that reviewer.
- TapReject Allto rejectall changes in the document.
- TapRejectAll & Stop Trackingto rejectall changes in the document and turnoff Track Changes.
To move to another change without accepting or rejecting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.

Delete comments

Tap twice on a comment in the document to select it.
Tap the Review tab.
Tap the Delete icon to delete the comment or press and hold the Delete icon until the Delete list appears, and then do one of the following:
- Tap Delete to delete only the selected comment.
- Tap Delete All to delete all comments in the document.
To move to another comment without deleting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.

Accept changes

Tap twice on a change in the documentto select it.
On the Review tab, tap Accept.
Do one of the following:
- TapAccept & Move to Nextto acceptthe change and moveto the next change in the document.
- TapAccept Deletion, Accept Insertion, or Accept Changeto acceptthe selected change, identified contextually by type, and notmove to the next change in the document.
- TapAccept All Shownto acceptall changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing only changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Accept All Shown accepts only the changes made by that reviewer.
- TapAccept Allto acceptall changes in the document.
- TapAccept All & Stop Trackingto acceptall changes in the document and turnoff Track Changes.

Reject changes

Tap twice on a change in the documentto select it.
On the Review tab, tapReject.
Do one of the following:
- TapReject & Move to Nextto rejectthe change and moveto the next change in the document.
- TapReject Deletion, Reject Insertion, or Reject Changeto rejectthe selected change, identified contextually by type, and not move to the next change in the document.
- TapReject All Shownto rejectall changes that are visible, but not changes that are hidden. For example, if you're viewing only changes made by a specific reviewer, tapping Reject All Shown rejects only the changes made by that reviewer.
- TapReject Allto rejectall changes in the document.
- TapRejectAll & Stop Trackingto rejectall changes in the document and turnoff Track Changes.

Delete comments

Tap twice on a comment in the document to select it.
One the Review tab, tap Delete,and then do one of the following:
- Tap Delete to delete only the selected comment.
- Tap Delete All to delete all comments in the document.
- To move to another comment without deleting it, tap the Previous or Next icon.