How to delete a page in Word

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There are a few different techniques in Microsoft Word to remove an entire page from a document.
It is essential to remember that there is no shortcut key in Word for removing a whole page.
Whether a page contains text on it or not will also affect how to remove it.

Select one of the alternatives listed below for how to remove a page in Microsoft Word.

Select every piece of text on the page to remove it

If a Word document has a page with text on it that you wish to remove, remove the text from that page first.

  1. Navigate to the page you wish to remove in the Word document.
  2. Highlight each and every word on the page.
  3. To erase the text, hit the Delete key on your keyboard.
  4. Press Backspace to remove any pages that are still there after all text has been removed.

Use the Backspace key to delete

You can use Backspace to remove a page from a Word document if the page you wish to remove is blank.

  1. Navigate to the page you wish to remove from the Word document.
  2. Position the text cursor at the end of the page, scroll to the bottom and click the bottom right corner of that page.
  3. Press Backspace a few times to completely remove the page.

Delete using the Delete key

You may use Delete in Word to remove a page from a document if the page is empty.

  1. Navigate to the page you wish to remove from the Word document.
  2. The text cursor will appear at the top of the page when you click the mouse on the top left corner of the screen.
  3. Press Delete one or more times.