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How to remove customizations from Microsoft Word and return to factory settings? step by step guide

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As with other programs, Word comes with a factory setting that sets certain features and preset functions.

The Office suite in its 2019 edition, and also in the 2016 edition, brought different utilities so that word processor users default to the taskbar.

If you’ve gotten used to working with the format that comes from the factory and you don’t know how to do it, We will teach you in this article to reset the Word bar to their original values. Let’s get started!

Steps to remove all word bar customizations and return to factory settings



Steps to remove all word bar customizations and return to factory settings



The steps you will need to do to remove all customizations from Word are as follows:

  • Simultaneously press the key “windows” Y “R”. This will cause there to be a run command.
  • Write “regedt32.exe” and click on “To accept”.
  • Windows Defender will ask you if you want to make the changes. You will have to click on “Yes”.
  • Choose the folder “HKEY_CURRENT_USER”.
  • Then look for the option “Software”.
  • Click on “Microsoft” and then search “Office”.
  • Choose the version you have of “Word”for instance “16.0”.
  • Click on word.
  • Right click and choose “Remove”.
  • A window will appear asking you if you really want to permanently delete this key and all subkeys, you must click on “Yes”.

All that remains is to restart the word processor for the changes to take effect.

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