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title: How to remove co-authoring from Word ribbon
description: How to remove iManage Co-authoring section from the MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint ribbon.
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# [How to remove co-authoring from Word ribbon](https://www.territ.pl/articles/how-to-remove-co-authoring-from-word-ribbon)

 Written by [Wiktor Abramowicz](https://www.territ.pl/articles/author/wiktor-abramowicz) | Mar 31, 2023 4:49:47 PM

In a few simple steps you can remove the co-authoring section from MS Word. Similar steps can be applied to achieve the same result in MS Excel or PowerPoint.

1. Get a sample 'imWordRibbon.15.xml' file from iManage Help Center -> Releases -> iManage Work Desktop for Windows 10.x.
2. Open the XML and comment out the following section:
3. Save the modified XML here: 
   
   *%localappdata%\\iManage\\Work\\Configs*

 

Please consult the change with your IT team as that XML file might be centrally managed and you may override the global setting.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

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