Removing All Bookmarks

Summary: Got a file that has a bunch of bookmarks you no longer need? Removing them manually can quickly get tiresome. This tip includes a short macro you can use to remove the bookmarks very, very quickly. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)

Some people absolutely love bookmarks. They do come in handy, but if someone else set bookmarks in a document, you may not need them once you get the document. If there are many, many bookmarks set (remember, we are talking about people who really love bookmarks), removing them all one at a time can be rather tedious.

If you find yourself in this situation, you will want to keep the following macro handy. It examines the active document (the one you are looking at) and removes all the bookmarks within it.

Sub RemoveAllBookmarks()
    Dim objBookmark As Bookmark

    For Each objBookmark In ActiveDocument.Bookmarks
        objBookmark.Delete
    Next
End Sub

You should note that this simply deletes the bookmark, not any text referenced by the bookmark.

Tip #1630 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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