If anyone using Word for Windows saves a file the wrong way, it heads straight to the recycle bin. But hey! That's the opposite of what we want! What gives?

A dangerous bug in Microsoft Word version 2409 is auto-deleting documents while saving. It affects files with capitalized file extensions.

Save = delete' is quite the mistake to make, really, but this is what's happening to some Word users who save files with capitalized extensions.

Microsoft recently published an advisory for a glitch that causes Word for Microsoft 365 to accidentally delete files. The company is likely working on a patch,

Microsoft has confirmed a bug within Word that deletes files in certain scenarios where you try to save them. While it's working on the issue, here are some workarounds.

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.

Word, as part of the Microsoft 365 package, has a problem. In some cases, it deletes documents instead of saving them. The issue affects version 2409 (build 18025.20104) and only occurs in certain situations.

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.

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

Word, part of the Microsoft 365 package, has a problem. In some cases, it deletes documents instead of saving them. The issue affects version 2409 (build 18025.20104) and occurs only in specific situations.