Remove Metadata, Comments & Track Changes from Word, Excel & PowerPoint

Drop a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file — it is cleaned in your browser and never uploaded. Author names, company info, editing history, comments, and tracked changes are stripped. Safe for confidential documents.

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Drag & drop Office documents here

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DOCX · XLSX · PPTX

Processed entirely in your browser — your documents never leave your device

How it works

Drop your document

Word, Excel, or PowerPoint — even a mixed batch. Nothing is uploaded. Office files are zip containers, and your browser opens them locally.

Identity is stripped

Author, last-modified-by, company, editing time, dates, and custom properties are cleared. Comments are deleted and tracked changes are accepted — including every reviewer name.

Download the clean copy

Identical content and formatting, but the file no longer says who wrote it, who edited it, where, or when. The original file on disk is untouched.

What your Office documents reveal about you

Every Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file silently records who created it and who touched it. Send a "fresh" contract to a client and they can see the author was someone at a different company, the file was a recycled template, and exactly how long was spent editing it. Reviewers' names live forever inside tracked changes and comments — even after they're hidden from view.

Document properties

  • Author Name
  • Last Modified By
  • Company & Manager
  • Total Editing Time
  • Creation Date
  • Modification Date
  • Template Path
  • Custom Properties

Collaboration history

  • Comment Authors
  • Comment Text
  • Tracked Insertions
  • Tracked Deletions
  • Reviewer Names
  • Revision Timestamps
  • Revision IDs (rsid)

Who needs this

Lawyers sending negotiated drafts where prior redlines must not leak. HR teams sharing offer letters built from internal templates. Journalists and researchers protecting sources. Students and academics submitting work for anonymous review. Anyone sending a document built on someone else's file.

Why trust ClientSide

  • The zip container is opened in your browser tab
  • XML parts are edited locally with the DOM parser
  • No network requests are made for your files
  • Cloudflare serves HTML/JS only — never your documents
  • Download writes directly from browser memory

Frequently asked questions

How do I remove the author name from a Word document without Word?

Drop the .docx file above. The author, last-modified-by name, company, and all other identifying properties are removed in your browser and you download a clean copy. You don't need Microsoft Word installed, and the file is never uploaded to any server.

Can I remove tracked changes from a Word document online safely?

Yes — unlike other online tools, this one never receives your document. All tracked insertions are accepted, all tracked deletions are discarded, and the reviewer names attached to them are removed, entirely on your device. The result matches Word's own Accept All Changes and Stop Tracking.

How do I remove all comments from a Word document online?

Drop the .docx above with Remove comments checked (it is by default). Every comment, every reply, and every comment author's name is deleted from the document — in your browser, without the file being uploaded anywhere.

Is my confidential document uploaded to a server?

No. The file is opened by JavaScript running in your browser tab, cleaned in memory, and downloaded directly. No bytes of your document ever leave your device — which is the whole point for legal, HR, and other confidential files.

Does cleaning change the document content or formatting?

No. Text, formatting, images, tables, and layout are untouched. Only document properties are cleared, comments are deleted, and tracked changes are resolved exactly as if you had accepted them all.

Which file formats are supported?

Modern Office formats: .docx (Word), .xlsx (Excel), and .pptx (PowerPoint). Legacy binary formats (.doc, .xls, .ppt) aren't supported — open them in any Office app and save in the modern format first.

What about PDF metadata?

Use our metadata remover — it clears PDF author info, creation dates, and application names the same private way.