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.

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,

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.