How To Remove Watermark Including DRAFT In Word In 2 Ways

Most readers do not know how to remove the watermark in Word. But it is a very easy task. However, it can be deleted in two ways.

In this lesson, the Watermark deletion includes “Custom, Draft, Confidential, Do Not Copy, Sample, ASAP, Urgent”, etc. Let’s see how to remove these!

Remove Water Mark in 2 Ways:

On the “Design” tab (2016 and later versions of MS Office) or “Page Layout” tab (2013 and earlier versions of MS Office) in the “Page Background” group, click “Watermark”.
After clicking on the watermark to expand its options, click “Remove Watermark”

Make sure your document pages have a Watermark
Double-click on the top of any page (header area) to open the header and footer tools tab
Then select the Watermark on the page
Lastly, press the “Delete” or the “Backspace” Key on the keyboard

Make sure your document pages have a DRAFT Watermark
On the “Design” tab (2016 and later versions of MS Office) or “Page Layout” tab (2013 and earlier versions of MS Office) in the “Page Background” group, click the “Watermark”.
After clicking on the “Watermark” to expand its options, click “Remove Watermark”
Now the Watermark of all the pages in your document will be removed.
You can also remove the DRAFT Watermark as explained in method 2.

To remove the watermark in Word, make sure your document pages have a “Confidential” Watermark and follow methods 1 and/or 2.

Make sure your document pages have a “Do Not Copy” Watermark and follow methods 1 and/or 2.

To delete the watermark in Word, make sure your document pages have a “Sample” Watermark and follow methods 1 and/or 2.

Make sure your document pages have an “ASAP” Watermark and follow methods 1 and/or 2.

To remove the watermark in Word, make sure your document pages have an “Urgent” Watermark and follow methods 1 and/or 2.

We don’t have such a shortcut key in Word.