How to Delete an Unwanted Blank Page in Microsoft Word? (2020)

November 30, 2020 12:18 pm

Microsoft Word is one of the most utilized texts handling programming in the market today. Practically all PC clients have run over Microsoft Word.

There are various prospects to investigate in the more current variants of Microsoft Word which offer significantly upgraded robotized highlights.

As it were, the whole content handling space developed with the advancement of Microsoft Word.

Sometimes, while working on a document, you come across a blank page either in the middle or at the end of our Word document. You don’t seem to be able to delete it. This is a common problem when working on Microsoft Word.

However, there are some ways to go about deleting this unwanted page.

How To Delete An Unwanted Blank Page In Microsoft Word? (2020)

Fix 1: Deleting the page with shortcuts

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Tap the blank page you wish to delete, then press Ctrl + G (Option+⌘ + G for macOS).
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A box with ‘enter the page number’ appears. Type page number.
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Press Enter and then close the box.
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After verifying, a page of content is selected, then press Delete on your keyboard.

Fix 2: Using the backspace key: One of the basic approaches to this is using the backspace key

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Click on the lowermost point of the page you want to delete.
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Keep pressing the Backspace key and delete the page.

Fix 3: Using the navigation pane

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Click on the ‘View’ tab on the upper side of the toolbar.
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From the ‘Show’ section, select on the navigation pane.
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In the tab named Pages, select the Blank Page Thumbnail. It is visible in the left of the panel.
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Now, press the Delete key till the blank page is completely erased.

Fix 4: Check the sections

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In the tab of Page Layout, tap on the Margins.
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Tap the option, Custom Margins.
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On clicking the Layout button, a drop-down menu will appear next to the Section.
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Click OK, after you are sure that the New Page is selected.

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Fix 5: Using paragraph symbols

If even after all these methods, you either can’t find your blank page or delete it, turn on the Paragraph (¶ ) button. This helps you check the positions of all the line breaks in your Word Document. Click the ‘¶’ button or use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + 8.

Fix 6: Check Pagination settings

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In the event that you have a major gap and you can't perceive any section markers or page break images, check the pagination settings.
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Firstly click into the passage at the head of the following page (the section after the enormous gap).
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Click right over the passage and select Paragraph. At the point when the Paragraph discourse box opens, click on to the Line and Page Breaks tab
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Eliminate the check mark from the Page break before the alternative box and snap OK.
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You should now have eliminated the huge gap and your passages will be back together once more.

Fix 7: Eliminating an empty last page

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In the event that you have an empty last page in your archive that isn't vanishing when you select the passage marker and press Delete, attempt this.
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From the Home tab turn on your Show/Hide characters and afterward go to the second to last page of your record.
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In the event that you can see a page break image, select it, and erase it.
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In the event that you can see many section images with void passages, select these and erase these.
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You should now have eliminated your clear last page.

Fix 8: Eliminating undesirable page breaks

At the point when you have your Show/Hide characters turned on you can likewise observe where a page break has been embedded into the record.
Making a page break is straightforward. You can put your inclusion point anywhere you need to begin data on another page and on the Insert tab click the Page Break button.
This embeds a page break image.
In this way, you should simply erase the image and you will eliminate the page crush and unite your content spirit once more. To dispose of those additional pages you may need to eliminate undesirable page breaks.

Fix 9: Still, no help? Check your section breaks:

There are many ways to create a blank page in Word using section breaks. For example, Next Page, Odd Page, Even Page. If the blank page is towards the end of the document, then you can glide your cursor over the section break and press Delete.

Sometimes, when your blank page is in between your document, just deleting the section break may cause formatting problems. When working with pages having different formats, it’s better to keep the section break and not delete it so that you can retain formatting options.

This is because on deleting the section break between the two pages of different formatting, the page before will take on the settings of the page after the section break. However, in MS Word, we get the option of having ‘Continuous Section Breaks’ to preserve the formatting changes and not insert a blank page.

Steps to change the section breaks to continuous section breaks:

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Glide the cursor over to the section break of choice.
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Tap on the tab of layout.
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Select and tap the Page Setup dialog launcher.
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Select the layout tab once again, in the dialog box.
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On clicking the ‘Section Start’ drop-down menu, select ‘Continuous’.

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Fix 10: To delete blank page in MS Word for Mobile

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Long press anyplace on your cell phone screen to flip the select mode.
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Select the page[s] or substance that you need to erase.
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Click on delete to eradicate the page from your word record.

Wrap Up

These methods ensure that the user gets the skills to delete an unnecessary blank page in MS Word without having to lose the formatting changes. Even if you delete the wrong content by mistake, just undo by pressing Ctrl+Z. We hope one of the methods will surely work for you. Happy Computing!

Piyush

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