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You copied a document from a website, and there are some extra pages you need to get rid of, or simply when copying from the web, there might be some blank pages lingering in your data file. This article introduces you to how to Delete Pages in Word, helping you remove any unwanted page from your document.
1. Delete Any Page
For instance, in a document with 4 pages, if you need to delete the unnecessary page 3:
Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + G -> the Find and Replace dialog appears, select the Goto tab -> in the Enter page number box, input the page number to delete (here, we want to delete page number 3) -> press Goto:
Move the mouse cursor to the beginning of page number 3 -> continue typing “page” in the Enter page number box -> click Goto:
After clicking Goto -> the entire content on page number 3 is selected -> click Close to close the Find and Replace dialog -> Press the Delete key on the keyboard to delete page number 3:
As a result, page number 3 is completely deleted, and page number 4 is automatically shifted to a new page:
Removing Blank Pages from Text Documents
If your document contains blank pages interspersed within the text, you may wish to avoid the conventional deletion method as it could disrupt the formatting of subsequent pages. Follow these steps to ensure that subsequent pages remain unaffected:
Navigate to the Home tab -> click on the Show/Hide icon (the pilcrow symbol) to reveal certain characters that Word does not normally display, such as spaces, tabs, etc.
After selecting all the invisible characters marked by the pilcrow symbol:
To address this, simply select all the blank pages within the data file using the pilcrow symbol -> press Delete to remove all the blank pages:
Once the blank pages have been deleted, click on the Show/Hide icon to hide the characters that Word typically conceals.
3. Deleting Blank Pages at the End of the Document
For blank pages located at the end of the document, you can quickly remove them without needing to use the pilcrow symbol to mark the blank pages. Simply position the mouse cursor at the beginning of the last blank page in the document:
To remove the remaining blank page, simply hold down the Delete key on your keyboard, and voila! The pesky blank page at the end of your document disappears.
Above is the method to delete any page within your document, whether it's blank or filled with content. I hope this tip proves useful to you. Wishing you all success!
