How To Delete Pages In Microsoft Word Using Any Version

How to Delete Pages in Microsoft Word

To remove all the material on a page, select the text and position the cursor at the end of the text you want to remove. Then press and hold the Backspace key (or Delete key on a Mac). Depending on how much text you have, consider using a shortcut to highlight the text.

Use the Delete Key

Using the Delete key on a PC to remove a page is similar to using the Backspace key, except you place the cursor at the beginning of the text you want to remove instead of at the end. If you want to highlight then remove text, follow the instructions above but, instead of pressing the Backspace key, press the Delete key.

Use the Show/Hide Function

When you are selecting text for deletion, it is helpful to see the hidden formatting symbols. The Show/Hide function in Word displays hidden paragraph marks, table cells, page breaks, and spaces between words. Use it to see what you need to remove and to avoid removing text you want to keep. Here’s how to activate the Show/Hide function before you remove the text on a Word document page.