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To turn off change tracking in Word, launch your document in Word, go to the “Review” tab, and select Tracking > Change Tracking. If the button is grayed out, you’ll need to enter the password the author used to lock the document.
It is not necessary to keep track of all changes to the document. You can disable the Track Changes feature in Microsoft Word even if your document is locked. We’ll show you how to do this, and how to remove existing tracking changes and print your document with hidden tracking changes.
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How to stop tracking changes in Word
To start disabling track changes so your future edits to the document aren’t highlighted, start the Word app and open your document.
When your document opens, in the Word ribbon at the top, select the “Review” tab.
On the “Review” tab, select Track > Track Changes. This will disable the feature.
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What to do if you can’t turn off track changes
If “Track Changes” is grayed out and you can’t click it, the author of your document has blocked the feature. In this case, you will need the password (if one was set) that was used to lock the feature to unlock it.
Once you’ve obtained the password, in Word’s “Review” tab, click “Track” and choose the down arrow icon next to “Track Changes.”
In the opened menu, select “Block tracking”.
In the “Unlock Tracking” window, enter your password and select “OK.”
To turn the feature off now, select Tracking > Track Changes.
How to remove existing track changes in Word
If you want to get rid of all existing posted changes, accept or reject all those changes. You can do this by going to the “Review” tab in Word and choosing Accept > Accept All Changes or Reject > Reject All Changes.
Remember that accepting all changes makes all suggested changes permanent, and rejecting all changes means all suggestions will be gone. If you accidentally chose the wrong option, use Ctrl+Z to undo your mistake.
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Print a Word document without change tracking
If you want to keep tracked changes but don’t want to see them when you print the document, set your print options as follows.
First, start your document with Word. Then, in the upper left corner of the application, click on “File”.
In the left sidebar, click “Print”. Then in the middle column select “Print All Pages”.
You can now print your document and it will not include the recorded changes. Are you ready.
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