Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Word for Microsoft 365 that deletes files if you try to save them. According to BleepingComputer, the Word for Microsoft 365 support team said there is a known issue in version 2409 where a file "is deleted after save if the title contains a capitalized file extension (.

Google Docs and Microsoft Word are quite similar. However, their differences extend beyond whether they’re usually used online or offline.

The widely-used word processor has confirmed a bug which instead of saving files, actually ends up deleting them. The issue does not affect every version of Microsoft Word, but us

Microsoft warns of a bug in Word from Microsoft 365, whereby the word processor deletes documents instead of saving them.

In the last few days, the Microsoft community boards have been flooded with reports where people complained about their files randomly being deleted, with one user saying: “I use Word. Today, it deleted eight hours of work.

If anyone using Word for Windows saves a file the wrong way, it heads straight to the recycle bin. The post Microsoft Word Is Deleting Some Files Instead of Saving Them appeared first on Tech.co.

Fortunately, the bug doesn't permanently delete the file - it just moves it into the Recycle Bin. As such, if one of your Word files was affected by this strange issue, check in t

According to some Microsoft Word users, the Office software is apparently deleting files after saving — not the kind of behavior you want when doing important work, and not the kind of bug you’d expect from a company as established as Microsoft.