There are a whole host of reasons why you might want to watermark a document. It can help you keep track of different types of documents, discourage people from copying your work, or let people know that your document is still a work in progress. If your document has a watermark, however, then there may come a time when you want to remove watermarks from a Word document.

Removing a watermark in Word is fairly easy, although occasionally you might find that a watermark isn’t playing ball. If that’s the case, there is another option you can try. The steps you’ll need to follow are also a little different depending on whether you’re using Windows or Mac.

Here’s how to remove watermarks from a Word document.

The Microsoft Word app has a few subtle differences depending on whether you’re using it on Windows or Mac. This means that the steps to remove a watermark will be different depending on which type of computer you’re using.

Using the Design menu should remove the watermark from your Word document. If it doesn’t work, you can try the header and footer method outlined below instead.

The Design menu is where the Watermark tool is found in Microsoft Word. This tool is used to create watermarks for your documents, and it can also be used to remove them too.

To remove a watermark from a Word document using the Design menu on Windows:

If the Watermark tool method doesn’t work, you can try manually deleting the watermark, which should be editable when you access your headers and footers.

To remove a watermark through the header and footer:

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