Bug 170056 - Unchecking “Use data for document properties” doesn't do anything
Summary: Unchecking “Use data for document properties” doesn't do anything
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All Linux (All)
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Blocks: File-Properties
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Reported: 2025-12-19 23:12 UTC by Coarse Rosinflower
Modified: 2026-01-25 10:47 UTC (History)
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Description Coarse Rosinflower 2025-12-19 23:12:32 UTC 
Description:
Even when “Use data for document properties” in Preferences >> General >> User Data, my user dada is still being applied to documents I create or open by default.

Steps to Reproduce:
0. Have Preferences >> General >> User Data >> Use Data for Document Properties off.
1. Open or create a document.
2. Go to File >> Properies.

Actual Results:
“Apply user data” is still checked.

Expected Results:
“Apply user data” should not be checked.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: TextDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Linux (All)
OS is 64bit: yes
Comment 1 Coarse Rosinflower 2025-12-19 23:14:15 UTC 
This is a security issue. I don't want my information being leaked by default if I send something at 3 a.m. without manually removing my user data.
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2025-12-21 14:17:07 UTC 
Please test with Menu>Help>Restart in Safe Mode.

Please paste here the information in Menu>Help>About LibreOffice.

(There is an icon in the center to copy the information).
Comment 3 Coarse Rosinflower 2025-12-21 18:57:20 UTC 
Version: 25.8.1.1 (X86_64)
Build ID: 54047653041915e595ad4e45cccea684809c77b5
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Safe Mode didn't do anything.
Comment 4 Coarse Rosinflower 2025-12-21 22:14:31 UTC 
Still an issue in 25.8.4.2-2.
Comment 5 Robert Großkopf 2025-12-22 15:49:12 UTC 
Tested this:
New user profile → Opened LO → Tools → Options → LibreOffice → User Data
Written forename and surename in the fields, then → Use data for document properties → unckecked.
File → New → Text document
File → Properties → General
"Apply user data" is checked. It shouldn't be checked when I have unchecked this in Tools → Options.
So having a look at Tools → Options → LibreOffice → User Data: "Use data for document properties" is still unchecked, also unchecked when closing and opening LO again, but it won't do anything…

Could confirm the buggy behavior.

Tested with
Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df
CPU threads: 6; OS: Linux 6.4; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded 

Tested also with older versions, earliest version here 6.4.7.2 - behavior is the same. Seems it never worked well.