Be careful! Parts of your document may include personal information that can't be removed by the Document Inspector.

Anonymous
2013-09-27T08:26:34+00:00

Hi All

I have an Excel 2013 document that I've been using for over two months and have had no problems with editing or saving it. Today I edit it and than saved it and I received a strange looking error message "Be careful! Parts of your document may include personal information that can't be removed by the Document Inspector."

I have tried to find out any information on what it might be, by using Bing and Google without any success. It looks like I'm the only one who has received this error message. I hope it's not a virus!

Please help

Colin

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Anonymous
2013-09-28T02:05:11+00:00

I had the same problem, it's incredibly annoying and there's strangely little posted about it on the interwebs.  Anyway, here's how you fix it: Goto File in the upper left hand corner, then Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > then un-check the check box that says "Remove personal information from file properties on save", then hit OK.  Hope that helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-14T21:51:26+00:00

    Here's what solved it for me:

    This happened to me also with an Excel file I created from the File Explorer (right-click - New -> Microsoft Excel Document).

    When I created the file through Excel (opening the Excel application, and then File -> New) - the file was saved and this alert is not showing when saving the file every time.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-23T10:25:01+00:00

    I had the same problem, it's incredibly annoying and there's strangely little posted about it on the interwebs.  Anyway, here's how you fix it: Goto File in the upper left hand corner, then Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options

    > then un-check the check box that says "Remove personal information from file properties on save", then hit OK.  Hope that helps.

    This does not resolve the warning...

    You don't go to your car mechanic and say your car is making a noise. You say your window is loose or something.

    The Warning is not specific, nor does it indicate the offending Cell.

    An Error without cause is not an error, it is a nuisance.

    Just like when your printer says there is a paper jam, but there is no paper in the printer!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-27T11:14:52+00:00

    I had the same problem, it's incredibly annoying and there's strangely little posted about it on the interwebs.  Anyway, here's how you fix it: Goto File in the upper left hand corner, then Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options

    > then un-check the check box that says "Remove personal information from file properties on save", then hit OK.  Hope that helps.

    Thanks a ton. It worked

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-10-18T16:08:32+00:00

    I had the same problem, it's incredibly annoying and there's strangely little posted about it on the interwebs.  Anyway, here's how you fix it: Goto File in the upper left hand corner, then Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options

    > then un-check the check box that says "Remove personal information from file properties on save", then hit OK.  Hope that helps.

    Your answer STILL ROCKS in 2017, @GodelEscherBob.  Thanks.

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