Two methods to quickly remove pages from a Word document.
Two methods to quickly remove pages from a Word document.
Unlike other Microsoft-related offsprings such as PowerPoint presentations or Excel spreadsheets, you can’t delete a page in a Word file quickly, with just one click. The process to delete a page is rather tedious—you have to locate the page, highlight the whole thing, and press the “Delete” button to remove the designated page. In this article, we'll illustrate the manual method, as well as the quick way to delete a page in a Word document.
How To Delete a Page in a Word File Manually
- Open the document in Word and go to the page you want to delete.
- Press Ctrl + G for Windows, or Option + Command + G on a Mac.
- In the dialog box, type '\page' and hit the “Enter” key, which will highlight the whole page.
- Press “Close” and then “Delete” on your keyboard to erase the whole page.
You can do this for as many pages as you’d like. As you’ve guessed, this method manually highlights the whole page within your Word file, including all the text, images, and assets on the page. Afterward, you can hit “Delete” or the backspace key to get the page removed. In cases where you want to create a manual page break or to select the paragraph you want to delete within a structured page, this can get even more tiresome.
This first method is a quick way to delete an extra page in Word. Yet, if you’re looking for a solution on how to delete blank pages in Word that doesn't require opening the document in Microsoft Word, or simply a much faster way to remove pages, there is a second option. You can convert the file to PDF, which will enable you to access our online Delete PDF Pages tool, and easily remove pages.
How To Delete a Page in Word the Quick Way
Save the Word file to PDF with our Word to PDF tool.
Download the file, click “Delete Pages” on our toolpage.
Drag the converted file in, hover over the page(s).
Click the trash bin icon to delete and click “Apply Changes.”
Download as PDF or convert it back to Word, if needed.
How to delete a page in Word, using Smallpdf.
Once you have the Word file in PDF format, you can quickly delete pages with just a simple click. If the thumbnails can’t render the content clearly, there is the option to zoom into each page. All three tools: the converters to and from PDF and Word, as well as the one to delete pages from your file, are free to use. Because no registration is needed, you can access them through the links above to get started right away.
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