Microsoft Word 2013 automatically adds metadata, such as the document's creators and the time the document was composed or edited, to documents. You can choose to manually add metadata to a document, including titles, tags and comments. To discover what metadata is attached to a document, go to the Info tab or inspect the document to view or remove this data.
View Metadata
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Step 1
![The File tab opens Info and Document Inspection options.](https://img.techwallacdn.com/375/ppds/416c4c1a-3bd8-4670-9521-afa72c2bd6e5.png)
Click the File tab to open Info and Document Inspection options.
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Step 2
![Expand the list of metadata.](https://img.techwallacdn.com/375/ppds/693893e0-206e-4238-b35b-8e48ee065140.png)
Click the Info tab and choose Show All Properties to expand the current list of data.
Step 3
![The complete list of metadata information appears on the right.](https://img.techwallacdn.com/375/ppds/12757965-258a-4a40-a99d-0c8daf07dfce.png)
Locate the metadata entries on the right.
Remove Metadata
Step 1
![Open the document inspector.](https://img.techwallacdn.com/375/ppds/45477e28-844e-4a91-86ff-b582911906f5.png)
Click Check for Issues in the Info tab and choose Inspect Document.
Step 2
![Acknowledge the warning.](https://img.techwallacdn.com/375/ppds/8b02861b-0c4b-4f2f-9649-912890524b69.png)
Choose Yes from the warning dialog.
Step 3
![Select Document Properties and Personal Information.](https://img.techwallacdn.com/375/ppds/ae5e1fa5-22f9-45c8-9afa-cdd7e859de14.png)
Check Document Properties and Personal Information in the list of options and click Inspect.
Step 4
![Remove all metadata.](https://img.techwallacdn.com/375/ppds/4b332a57-250a-4319-af5e-35927309bb1e.png)
Click Remove All to delete all metadata.