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

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

Microsoft warned users of a new known issue that may cause Word for Windows to delete some documents instead of saving them.

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?

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 has fixed a known issue that was causing Word to delete some Windows users' documents instead of saving them.

Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Word for Microsoft 365 that deletes files if you try to save 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.

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.

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