How to delete a page in Microsoft Word

In Microsoft Word, to delete an entire page from the document, you can do so using one of several methods. It is important to note that there is no keyboard shortcut for deleting an entire page in a Word document. The steps to delete a page also depend on whether the page has text or is blank.

To delete a page in Microsoft Word, choose one of the options below for the steps to delete a page.

Highlight all text on page and delete

If the page you want to delete in the Word document with text, delete the text on that page to delete the page.

1. Go to the page in the Word document that you want to delete.
2. Highlight all the text on the page.

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3. Press Delete on the keyboard to delete the text.
4. If the page remains after deleting all the text, press Backspace to delete the page.

Delete using Backspace key

If the page you want to delete in the Word document is blank, you can use Backspace to delete the page.

1. Go to the page in the Word document that you want to delete.
2. Scroll to the bottom of that page and click the bottom-right of that page to place the text cursor at the end.

3. Press Backspace one or more times until the page is deleted.

Delete using Delete key

If the page you want to delete in the Word document is blank, you can use Delete to delete the page.

1. Go to the page in the Word document that you want to delete.
2. Click with your mouse toward the top-left of the page to place the text cursor at the beginning of the page.
3. Press Delete one or more times until the page is deleted.