In Microsoft Word, if you want 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 shortcut key 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.

  • Highlight all text on page and delete.

  • Delete using Backspace key.

  • Delete using Delete key.

  • Go to the page in the Word document that you want to delete.

  • Highlight all the text on the page.

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  • Press Delete on the keyboard to delete the text.

  • 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.

If you want to save the text instead of deleting it, cut and paste it elsewhere.

If you want to highlight all text (the entire page), press the shortcut key Ctrl+A.

  • Go to the page in the Word document that you want to delete.

  • Scroll to the bottom of that page and click the bottom-right of that page to place the text cursor at the end.

  • 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.

If there are no spaces or carriage returns, the text cursor is shown at the top-left of the page.

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

If there are spaces or carriage returns on the page you are deleting, you need to delete those spaces and carriage returns before the page can be deleted.

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