Prevent Accidentally Dragging and Dropping Text in Microsoft Word

 

How to Disable Text Drag and Drop in Word

To enable that option, first, open Word on your Windows or Mac computer. If you see Word’s Start screen, skip to the second step below. If you see Word’s editing screen, then in the top-left corner, click “File.”

In Word’s sidebar on the left, click “Options.”

Tip: If you don’t see “Options,” click “More” to see it.

Word will open a “Word Options” window. Here, in the left sidebar, click “Advanced.”

In the right pane of the “Word Options” window, you will see an “Editing Options” section. In this section, disable the “Allow text to be dragged and dropped” option.

Then, at the bottom of the “Word Options” window, click “OK.”

And that’s it. Word will no longer allow you to move the text by drag and drop, preventing accidental changes in your documents.

If you ever need the feature back, then on the “Word Options” window, enable the “Allow text to be dragged and dropped” option.