Forum Discussion
Can I remove Modern Comments and revert back?
Send feedback to Microsoft to let them know what you think about the so-called modern comments; for instructions, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-office-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11.
Microsoft's rationale about "posting" is mentioned in the support article at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/using-modern-comments-in-word-edc6ae71-0a2d-49fe-8faa-986f1e48136a (which you may have seen already).
Finally, you should see an option to temporarily revert to the previous, more user-friendly interface at File > Options > General. Clear the check box next to "Enable modern comments."
Be warned though; if you do this after having used Modern Comments on a file, you will lose all your comments, so copy and paste them into a separate file first. You won't lose comments made on files in the old format (phew). So delighted there's such a simple fix! (Doesn't usually work this way for Mac users!)
- This worked for me! And the existing comments were not deleted. Thank you!
Disabling or enabling modern comments shouldn't delete any existing comments. If that happens in your version of Word, you should report it to Microsoft via the Feedback facility.
