How to delete a page in Ms Word

Top 3 Methods How To Delete A Page In Ms Word In 2022

Unfortunately, most people don’t know how to delete a page in Ms Word. While working on our documents in Ms Word, one of the most common problems we usually face is that extra pages are created in the middle or end of our doc due to our formatting. This can cause your work to look unprofessional. Now, these pages should be deleted before making our final submission. Here in this article, we will share the  complete details with different methods.

Let’s jump into the article and learn how to do it.

Method-1 How to Delete a Page in Ms Word

I would be using Microsoft Office 365 in this tutorial, but you can follow the same procedures in your version of the office as the procedure steps are almost the same and can be applied in any version of the Microsoft word, whether it is office 2007 or office 365 these mentioned methods will work. For more convenience, I added three methods of deleting a page in ms word so that if one doesn’t work for you, you can apply the second. So, with no further due, let’s start.

We would delete pages in word using the view option in the following method. This is followed as view < navigation pane < pages < delete

Step-1: First, click the View tab to delete an extra blank page at the end of your word document.

How to delete a page in Ms Word

Step-2: Go to the navigation pane. This tab will display all the Headings Pages and Results.

How to delete a page in Ms Word

Step-3 In the navigation pane, click on Pages to display all the document pages in the sidebar.

How to delete a page in Ms Word

Step-4 Now click on the page you want to delete. After highlighting the page, press your keyboard’s Delete or Backspace button to remove the page.

How to delete a page in Ms Word

Method-2 How to Delete a Page in Ms Word:

The above method works for me now. But I fit doesn’t work for you, you can proceed to the following process of deleting a page in Ms Word. This method is rapid, and through it, we can directly delete the pages just in two steps.

Step-1 At the bottom left of the Word document is mentioned page number. Click on it. You will be directed to the navigation pane of the pages.  

 

How to delete a page in Ms Word

Step-2 After you are directed to the navigation pane of the pages, click on the page you want to remove. After the page is highlighted, press the Delete or Backspace Button.

How to delete a page in Ms Word

Note: It is necessary that your typing slash, that is, the writing bar in Ms Word, should be on the page you want to delete.

Method-3 How to Delete a Page in Ms Word:

We elaborated on the second method of deleting pages in MS word. Now we would move to the 3rd method of deleting pages in Microsoft word. The 3rd method is based on the paragraph symbol, also known as the Show/Hide function.
The Show/Hide function in the word displays hidden paragraphs (created as a result of improper pressing of the enter key), table cells, pages, spaces, and page breaks.
It is used to see what we need to keep and what we want to remove from a document. Below we will explain a step-by-step guide on deleting a page in Ms Word using the Show/Hide function.

Step-1 Go to the Home Ribbon (By default, usually home ribbon is selected).

How to delete a page in Ms Word

Step-2: Under the paragraph group, select the Show/Hide (paragraph symbol) icon. This will display all the formatting regions.

How to delete a page in Ms Word

Step-3: Turn this off-press Show/Hide Function again, or you can press Ctrl+Shift+8 to toggle between the symbols.

Step-4: Once the symbols appear, you can delete all the characters appearing on a page. This can be done by selecting all via the touchpad cursor or selecting the first from the page, then dropping till the last by selecting all in between, and at the end, press Backspace or Delete Button. You can also do it by pressing the Backspace or Delete key at each Show/Hide Symbol.

How to delete a page in Ms Word

The above image is taken after pressing Ctrl+Shift=8 without selecting the show/hide symbols.

Conclusion:

Microsoft word is one of the most used Microsoft Office applications for data creation and maintenance. The data can be shared with others and encrypted easily for security purposes. We can add images, tables, charts, and symbols using Microsoft word.
While using a word, we do come up with situations where we need to delete some of the pages to make our document look professional.

Here in this article, we have focused mainly on how to delete a page in Ms word? We have shown three effective methods to delete pages in Ms Word quickly. If one doesn’t work for you, you can opt for the second and third. I hope you liked our content, and if you want to hear more from us, you can get in touch.

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