Is there a way to disable Modern Comments in Word for Mac?

Hello, Camille

Confirm if I understand you want to disable modern comments on Word for Mac.

To disable modern comments, follow these steps.

• Open Word and click on the Word in the menu on the top of the screen.
• Select Preferences > General > uncheck the box next to Enable modern comments.
• Restart Word application.

Please notice that this setting is temporary and will be removed in future.

I hope I could help you to disable modern comments. Feel free to post back to us if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

Igor

Note that contributors in this user-to-user forum can't make decisions on behalf of Microsoft.

To let Microsoft know that you do not like the modern comments, post feedback from within Word. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-office-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11#platform=macOS.

EDIT: Some versions of Word will let you revert to the classic comments. Use the "Enable modern comments" check box. (It has been reported in the TechCommunity at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/word/bd-p/Word that perpetual licenses of Word may have the modern comments but not the option to turn them off.)

I use Word on a Mac. The instructions for disabling Modern Comments are different for PC and Mac. Here they are for Mac. I found these by Googling "How to disable Modern Comments." The instructions for PCs are equally easy to follow. My understanding is that the ability is temporary and that MS is going to make modern comments the normal. We must complain and fight to keep classic comments.

To disable modern comments, follow these steps.

• Open Word and click on the Word in the menu on the top of the screen.
• Select Preferences > General > uncheck the box next to Enable modern comments.
• Restart Word application.