What a Word file can give away
A document carries two kinds of traces. The text itself keeps everything that came along when you pasted an AI answer: invisible characters, Markdown, citation leftovers and links with utm_source=chatgpt.com. The file also stores properties that Word fills in on its own.
| Property group | What is stored | What Pro does |
|---|---|---|
| Authors | Author, last saved by, company, manager | Clears the values |
| Software | Application and version, template | Clears the values |
| Edit history | Created and modified dates, revision number, last printed, editing time | Removes dates, resets revision to 1 |
| Description fields | Keywords, description, subject, category | Clears the values |
| AI tool marks | Custom properties that name ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and others | Removes those properties |
The free report shows only how many values each group holds — never the values themselves. The document title is kept.
How cleaning works
- Only the text, the link addresses and the properties above are changed — including text in headers, footers, footnotes and comments. Styles, tables, images and page layout stay as they were.
- Text is checked paragraph by paragraph. A dash split between a bold and a regular run is still one finding, and the fix lands in the run where it was.
- After cleaning, the file is rebuilt and checked again. You download the same document with
-cleanadded to its name.
Free and Pro
- Free: the full report for any document, and removal of invisible characters in documents, 1 per day.
- Pro: everything the report finds, including properties, link tags and typography, in any number of documents.
Files up to 10 MB. Password-protected documents can’t be opened — remove the password in Word first.
Google Docs and plain text
Google Docs downloads as .docx (File → Download → Microsoft Word), so the same check works for it. For a .txt file or text copied from anywhere, use the scanner on the home page.
Remove AI Traces removes technical traces. It doesn’t rewrite your text or promise any AI-detector score.
Updated 2026-11-03