Have you ever been working on a Word document and wanted to delete a page in Word because you might have accidentally added an extra blank page? Or while printing you get to know that there is an extra page? If you have faced these kinds of scenarios and wondering how to get rid of them.

In this article, we get to know how to delete pages in Word. I’ll also go through some frequent issues that people have when attempting to erase blank pages, and I’ll offer you some pointers on how to prevent them in the future.

There are various ways to delete a page in Word. You can use the Go To feature, the Navigation Pane, or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Page Up.

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How to Delete a Blank Page in Word

Using the Go To Feature

1. Open the document that contains the blank page.
2. Press Ctrl+G to open the Go To dialog box.
3. In the Enter Page Number box, type \page.
4. Click Go To.
5. The blank page will be selected.
6. Press Delete to delete the page.

Using the Navigation Pane

1. Open the document that contains the blank page.
2. Click the View tab.
3. In the Show group, click Navigation Pane.
4. The Navigation Pane will appear on the left side of the screen.
5. Click the Pages tab.
6. The blank page will be listed in the Navigation Pane.
7. Click the blank page to select it.
8. Press Delete to delete the page.

Using the Backspace Key

1. Open the document that contains the blank page.
2. Scroll to the blank page.
3. Press the Backspace key until the blank page is deleted.

How to Delete a Page with Content in Word

If you want to delete a page in Word that contains content, you can use two methods:

Selecting the Page and Pressing Delete

1. Open the document that contains the page with the content.
2. Scroll to the page with the content.
3. Select the entire page.
4. Press Delete to delete the page.

Using the Page Break Tool

1. Open the document that contains the page with the content.
2. Click the Insert tab.
3. In the Pages group, click the Page Break button.
4. A page break will be inserted at the current location.
5. The page with content will be deleted.

How to Delete a Page with Manual Page Breaks in Word

If you want to delete a page in Word that contains manual page breaks, you can use two methods:

Viewing Manual Page Breaks

1. Open the document that contains the page with manual page breaks.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+8 to show paragraph marks.
3. Manual page breaks will be displayed as dotted lines.
4. Select the manual page breaks you want to delete.
5. Press Delete to delete the page breaks.

Deleting Manual Page Breaks

1. Open the document that contains the page with manual page breaks.
2. Click the Home tab.
3. In the Paragraph group, click the Show/Hide¶ button.
4. Manual page breaks will be displayed as dotted lines.
5. Select the manual page breaks you want to delete.
6. Press Delete to delete the page breaks.

How to Remove Break in Word

Few ways to remove a break in Word. Here are two methods:

Using the Show/Hide¶ button

1. Open the document that contains the break.
2. Click the Home tab.
3. In the Paragraph group, click the Show/Hide¶ button.
4. The break will be displayed as a dotted line.
5. Select the break and press Delete.

Using the Go To feature

1. Open the document that contains the break.
2. Press Ctrl+G to open the Go To dialog box.
3. In the Enter Page Number box, type \page.
4. Click Go To.
5. The break will be selected.
6. Press Delete.

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