Remove citations from Word documents.
Use Superscriptify to detect bracketed citations in Word files, remove them when needed, or convert them into clean superscripts and markers while preserving review-ready output.
Word Workflow
Clean Word citations without manual find-and-replace
Superscriptify handles Word citation cleanup as a repeatable process: upload the DOCX, choose the citation pattern, review detected groups, and export a cleaner document.
Capabilities
What this workflow handles
Remove bracketed citations
Delete matched citation text without changing normal prose or review copy.
Convert citations to superscripts
Replace citations with superscript numbers or marker styles based on project requirements.
Preserve numbering control
Review groups, merge duplicates, and add placeholders for citations that appear inside images.
Workflow Snapshot
Word cleanup at a glance
Superscriptify identifies bracketed citations in DOCX files, gives teams a quick review pass, and exports a cleaner Word document without a round of manual find-and-replace.
Upload a Word file
Start with a DOCX document that contains bracketed citation text.
Choose citation rules
Select author-year, numbers, publication-only, bracket type, and multi-citation behavior.
Review detected groups
Confirm citation families, flagged near-duplicates, and possible non-citations before export.
Download the cleaned DOCX
Export a Word file with citations removed or replaced by the selected marker style.
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Trial workflow