Workshare Batch Clean

To clean multiple documents:

1. From the Start menu, select All Programs (or apps), Workshare, and then Workshare Batch Clean.

2. The Batch Clean dialog is displayed. Select the documents you want to clean. Press the Ctrl or Shift key to select multiple documents. To view more document types, select All Office files from the Files of type drop down list.

3. Click Open. The Batch Clean dialog is displayed. A complete list of hidden data that can be removed, reset or converted is listed in the dialog.

4. Select the hidden data you want to remove by selecting the checkboxes to the left of the hidden data options. All the selected files will be cleaned using the same options. Select the Toggle on/off checkbox to select/deselect all the hidden data options.

5. Select one of the following save options:

Overwrite files after cleaning: Selecting this option will save the cleaned files over the original files, overwriting the existing version.
Note: This option is only available if you have the Write permission on all the files you're batch cleaning. Find out more.

Save files to new location after cleaning: Selecting this option will save the cleaned files to a different location, leaving the original files in their original location and in an uncleaned state. Click the browse button and select the new save location.

6. Click Clean. The selected files are cleaned according to your selection. Once the process is complete, a report is displayed indicating which files were cleaned successfully.

7. Click Finish to close the dialog.

Workshare Batch Clean

To remove the same types of hidden data from several documents, you can use the Workshare Batch Clean tool to clean multiple documents (up to 256) simultaneously