1. Using Delete or Backspace
This is one of the easiest methods to remove a page from your Word document. Navigate to the page you want to remove, then use one of the following methods: Remove Blank Page: if it’s a blank page, click at the bottom of the page and press the Backspace key (Windows) or Delete key (macOS) multiple times until the page is removed and the cursor moves to the page above it. Remove Page With Data: if the page has data in it, select the content on the page manually using your mouse, making sure you select the right page. Press the Delete key on your keyboard to delete the data creating a blank page, then press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (macOS) to remove the blank page. Select Current Page and Remove It: if you are unable to select the entire page manually, you can use the Go to function for that as shown below: Users are often unable to delete blank pages due to unwanted spaces, invisible page breaks, section breaks, whitespaces, the ending paragraph on the last page, etc. This can be handled by the following methods.
2. Delete Using Navigation Pane
3. Delete Blank Spaces and Page Breaks
Similarly, you may see the page or section breaks on your blank pages. Select and remove them to delete the page. Tip: to find section breaks, enable “Draft mode” from the “View” tab.
4. Change Size of End Paragraph
Often, Word adds an end-paragraph to the last page of your document for no reason at all. It isn’t easy to remove, as it’s an item that can’t be deleted. The trick is to decrease the size of the end-paragraph so that it fits on the preceding page, removing the last page automatically. Follow these steps:
5. Use Custom Margins
If the end paragraph doesn’t move to the previous page using the method described above, you must adjust the bottom margin size and make it smaller. That will fit the end-paragraph on the preceding page while removing the last page. Tip: in the Page setup window, go to the “Layout” tab and make sure “New page” is selected in the “Section start” drop-down box.
6. Remove Page Break Before
If the paragraph mark shows a square bullet next to it, you will need to disable the “Page break before” option in settings.
7. Convert to PDF
If none of the methods above work to remove the last blank page, you should save it as a PDF document. This method will be especially useful in documents such as resumés. Tip: read on to learn how to convert a PDF to a Word document.
8. How to Delete a Page in Word for Web
To remove a page in Word for the Web, use PC method 1 above, i.e., using the Backspace key. However, if you are unable to delete the page using that method due to section or page breaks, you must open it in the Word desktop application. For that, click on the “Editing” button in your online document and select “Open in desktop app,” then use the methods described above to delete a page.
9. How to Delete a Page in Word on Android and iPhone
On the Word mobile apps, press the Backspace key multiple times on blank pages until the cursor moves to the preceding page. That will delete the blank page. If your page contains content, you must select the content and delete it using the Cut tool. To do so, follow these steps:
Unable to Delete Pages in Word?
If you are unable to delete pages in Word or the methods seem daunting, use the following two methods that work on all platforms.
Delete Page Using Online Tools
You can use an online tool like Aspose to remove blank pages from Word documents. Open this link in a browser and add the Word file. Mention the pages to remove in the available box and click “Remove pages.”
Create New Document
If you have fewer pages in your Word document, you should create a new document that does not contain any blank or unwanted pages. For that, copy content from each page manually to the new Word document without copying the blank or unwanted pages.
1. How can I recover a deleted Word page?
If you accidentally deleted the wrong page, use Ctrl + Z on Windows and Command + Z on macOS to recover the deleted page.
2. How can I delete multiple pages in Word?
Select the required pages in the document and click the Delete key, followed by the Backspace key to delete the blank page. While you are removing content, find out how to delete images from Word. You may also want to learn how to convert Google Docs to Word and vice versa.
