Workaround: private void radRichTextEditor1_CommentShowing(object sender, Telerik.WinForms.Documents.UI.CommentShowingEventArgs e) { this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.ContextMenu.Opened-=ContextMenu_Opened; this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.ContextMenu.Opened+=ContextMenu_Opened; } private void ContextMenu_Opened(object sender, Telerik.WinForms.Documents.UI.Extensibility.ContextMenuPlacementEventArgs e) { this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.ContextMenu.Hide(); }