Then, make sure that the Hidden box under Effects is ticked and click OK. Then click the Format dropdown and select Font.
Note that you will need to show all of your hidden text using Control+Shift+8 or the Show/Hide button before you search for it – the Find/Replace function won’t find it if it is still hidden.įirst, open the Find and Replace dialog from the Home tab or use Ctrl + H You can use the Find function in Word to search for all the hidden text and replace it with nothing, i.e. Never fear, there are a couple of ways you can hunt down those hidden passages to remove them. If you want to remove hidden text from your Word document, you first need to find it.įor a shorter document, you can use the Show/Hide button to see what’s hidden and delete it manually, but that would be very time consuming for longer documents with lots of hidden passages. Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments.