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DOCX Comment Extractor

List every comment left in a Word or ODT document, with author and date.

or drag it here

.docx, .odt, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text · up to 100 MB

Processed in your browser

Fill in the form and press “Extract comments” to see the result here.

How to use it

  1. 1Choose your document, or drag it onto the upload area.
  2. 2Press the button. Your browser unpacks and reads the file locally.
  3. 3Read or download the result. Nothing was uploaded, so there is nothing to delete afterwards.

About the DOCX Comment Extractor

Comments are stored in a separate part of the document and stay there whether or not the reader has the review pane open.

They are one of the most common ways internal discussion reaches an external recipient: "can we really say this", "check with legal", a colleague named directly. Checking before sending a document out is worth the fifteen seconds.

Nothing is modified here. To remove comments, use the review tools in Word or LibreOffice, both of which do it properly.

Questions people ask

Is my document uploaded?

No. A DOCX or ODT file is a ZIP archive of XML, and both are unpacked and read by your own browser. Nothing is transmitted, nothing is stored, and the tool works with the network disconnected once the page has loaded.

Does this work with .doc files from older versions of Word?

No. The old .doc format is a binary format with a completely different structure, and it is not readable this way. Save or convert the file as .docx first - Word, LibreOffice and Google Docs all do that.

Is it free, and do I need an account?

Yes, it is free, and there is no account, no sign-up and no watermark on the result. The project is funded by optional donations.