Print Word Documents without Comments (2 Easy Ways)
by Avantix Learning Team | Updated July 6, 2026
Applies to: Microsoft® Word® 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 or 365 (Windows)
If you or another user have added comments in a Word document, you may want to print the document without comments. By default, when you print a Word document, comments are printed as well. There are a few ways you can print a Word document without printing the comments – hide the comments or change print settings. If you use either of these strategies, the comments are not deleted.
Contents
- About comments in Word
- Stop comments from printing by turning off markup
- Stop comments from printing by changing Print options
- Final thoughts
Recommended article: How to Hide Comments in Word (or Display Them)
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About comments in Word
When you insert comments in Word, they will display as markup and print by default. If you change the markup display, you can view a document with or without the comments.
In the example below, comments appear in the right panel in the document:
Stop comments from printing by turning off markup
You can print a document without comments by hiding markup.
To turn off markup, including comments, and print a Word document:
- Open the Word document containing comments. Comments should appear in the panel on the right.
- Click the Review tab in the Ribbon.
- Beside Display for Review in the Markup group, click the arrow to the right of All Markup. A drop-down menu appears.
- Select No Markup from the drop-down menu. Word will hide the markup and comments will not be displayed and will not be printed. You can change the markup display after you have printed the document.
- Click the File tab in the Ribbon.
- Select Print. Comments should not appear in the preview on the right.
- Click Print.
The Markup options appear in the Review tab in the Ribbon (below):
Stop comments from printing by changing Print options
To stop comments from printing by changing Print options:
- Open the Word document containing comments. Comments should appear in the panel on the right.
- Click the File tab in the Ribbon.
- Select Print. On the right a preview appears with comments.
- Under Settings, click the arrow to the right of Print All Pages. A drop-down menu appears.
- Select Print Markup to de-select or uncheck it. Comments will no longer appear in the preview on the right.
- Click Print.
The Print Options below include an option to Print Markup (deslect to print without comments / markup):
Final thoughts
You can print a document without comments using the methods above. If you want to delete comments, check out the article How to Remove Comments in Word (4 Ways to Delete Comments).
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