How to Show Hidden Images in Word and Unhide a Word Document

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Question: Pictures not showing in Word. How can I find hidden images in a Word document?

"I have a four-page Word document with a few images inserted. This morning, when I opened it, I found that the pictures had turned into white rectangles. Why can't I see the images in my Word document? Are they hidden? How do I display hidden pictures in Word?"

In a Word document, pictures or text might be intentionally or unintentionally hidden and therefore not visible. This article will guide you through displaying hidden images and text in a Word document. Additionally, if you want to recover hidden Word documents and photos on your Windows computer or laptop, you can use the powerful data recovery tool, the Data Recovery Wizard, which easily helps achieve this goal.

How to Find Hidden Pictures in a Word Document

If you can't see pictures or images in a Word document, try these troubleshooting tips to find hidden pictures or images.

Step 1: Open Microsoft Office Word and click “Word Options” in Word 2007. (In Word 2016/2013/2010, click “File” and then select “Options.”)

Step 2: In the left pane, click on “Advanced.” Under “Display,” check the box for “Show picture placeholders.” This should make the hidden images or pictures in your Word document reappear.

How do I hide a picture in a Word document?

There may be times when you need to insert images into Word to supplement the text. On the other hand, there might be instances where you want to quickly scroll through the text without pictures getting in the way. In this case, you can hide pictures in your Word document by using the "Show Picture Placeholders" feature. Just follow the same steps as above.

How do I view hidden text in a Word document?

If you've hidden some lines of text in a Word document, or made certain content invisible within Word, is there any way to show the hidden text again? Yes, there are actually two ways you can do this in Word 2016/2013/2010/2007. (For older versions of Word, check with Microsoft Office Support or Google for additional solutions.)

Method 1: Display Hidden Text in Word 2016

One way to do this is to view the hidden text by printing the document.

Step 1: Open the Word 2016 document with the hidden text.

Step 2: Go to the Print options and then choose Page Setup.

Step 3: Click on “File” settings and then click on “Print Options…”

Step 4. In the Display section, check Print hidden text, and click OK to save your changes.

This way, the hidden text will only show in the “Print Preview” window but remain hidden in the Word document. If you want to unhide text in Word 2016, follow these steps instead.

Step 1: Press Ctrl + A  to select all the content in your Word document.

Step 2: Right-click the text and select “Font…”

Step 3: Click the check box next to Hide twice to uncheck it, and then click OK to save your changes.

All the hidden text should now be visible in your Word document.

Method 2: Display Hidden Text in Word 2013/2010/2007

Step 1: In Word 2013 or 2010, click File > Options. In Word 2007, click the Office button and then click Word Options.

Step 2: In the left-hand panel, click on “Display.” Untick the “Hide” box so that it's blank.

Step 3: Click OK to save all changes.

How to Recover Hidden Word Documents/Pictures in Windows 10/8/7

In this part, we will provide you with two reliable methods to recover hidden Word documents from your Windows computer or external storage device. Let's see how it's done.

Method 1: Displaying a Word Document in File Explorer

For Windows 10/8/8.1 users:

Step 1: Type File Explorer in the search box, and then select File Explorer.

Step 2: Click on View, then Options, and then Change folder and search options.

Step 3 Open the “Folder Options” and select “Show hidden files, folders, and drives.” Also, uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types.” Click “Apply” to save all changes.

For Windows 7 users:

Step 1: Click on “Start” > “Computer” to open Windows Explorer.

Step 2: Click Tools, Folder Options, View.

Under the "View" tab, check “Show hidden files, folders, and drives” under “Hidden items.” Uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types,” then apply the changes. This will allow you to see all file extensions, which can help quickly locate a hidden Word document or picture.

Method 2: Recover Hidden Word Documents and Photos with Data Recovery Software

If you can't see hidden Word documents, pictures, audio, video files, or any other type of file in File Explorer, there's still hope to recover them with professional file recovery software like the Data Recovery Wizard tool. This powerful yet user-friendly data recovery program allows you to thoroughly scan your computer or storage device and find all existing, lost, formatted, and hidden files using both Quick Scan and Deep Scan modes.

Apart from restoring regularly deleted files, the file recovery software also lets you recover deleted files in Windows 10 from HDD, SSD, USB flash drive, SD card, Pen drive, external hard drive, and more. Download and install it on your computer, and then follow the guide below to recover hidden Word documents or pictures in 3 steps.

Step 1: Select the virus-infected drive to scan

Run an antivirus file recovery software on your Windows computer. Select the virus-infected disk to scan for lost or hidden files. Note that:

• If the virus has hidden or deleted files on the hard drive, it's best to install the software on another volume or external USB drive to avoid overwriting data. • If the infected device is an external hard drive, flash drive, or memory card, it doesn't matter if you install the software on a local disk of the computer.

Select the location to scan

Step 2: Review all scan results

The "Data Recovery Wizard" will immediately start scanning your virus-infected hard drive for deleted or hidden files. To quickly locate the needed files, you can use the "Filter" or "Group by Type" feature, which will display only images, videos, documents, emails, and so on.

Step 3: Preview and recover the deleted/hidden files

Once the scan is complete, you can preview the files that were found. Select the ones you want, then click the “Recover” button. You should save the recovered files to a different secure location on your computer or storage device instead of overwriting the spot where the files were lost.