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The top margin and bottom margin of a page are known as the header and footer sections.
These tools are available in Microsoft Word and help to write or include extra details about the document that will be available to every page of the entire file.
These are used to include information such as the name of the document creator, the overall count of pages in the document, the title of the file, or the type of document.
These sections are separate from the main text and can be included from the insert section of the built-in options available in Microsoft word. Inserting header and footer is very easy and convenient.
However, there are various methods to remove the header and footers as per its need in the document. Typically, double-clicking the footer or header section, and then selecting the option of removing them at once is a straightforward method.
However, if a document contains multiple headers and various kinds of footers, removing them at once becomes difficult, but the process is not so complicated for users to learn to remove the ‘Header and Footer section’ in the active document.
Removing the Header & Footer from the First Page
If you want to remove the Header and Footer section only from the first page of the document, then follow these steps:
- 1In the Headers and Footer are, click on ‘Different First Page’. Now the header and footer on the first page are different from the rest of the document.
- 2Now, go to the 1st page of the document and double tap on the section of the Header and Footer.
- 3This will open up the Header and Footer section in editing mode, different page numbers under the ‘Header and Footer’ tab will appear.
- 4Click on ‘close the Header and Footer’ or press on Esc. The header content on the first page will be removed at once.
Removing the Header & Footer for Selected Pages
Removing a footer or header part for selected pages is a complicated process. This is because headers and footers are considered a part of the basic design. Microsoft Word does not modify changes to a specific page layout.
In Microsoft Word, the entire document is regarded as one large section, and one single feature cannot be applied to different sections of the document. But if you need to do it, follow these steps:
- 1Create a separate section in the document, even if it is just for a page. The page layout can be changed to landscape orientation before modifying the part or adding a new section.
- 2Place the cursor at the end of each page on which you want to remove the header or footer sections.
- 3In the layout option available in Microsoft Word, select the ‘Brakes button’ and in the dropdown menu, select the ‘next page’ option. This action in Microsoft Word is useful for creating a section break. A new section will appear on the next page, where the cursor was placed.
- 4Next, tap twice on the area of the header or footer, which needs to be removed on that particular page. On the ‘Design tab’ of Microsoft Word, on the header and footer tools area, select ‘linked to the previous’ button.
- 5Now the link between the prior section of the header and footer is broken. If you want to both the header and footer from a part, then this process may be repeated for the links to previous sections of the pages individually.
Removing the Headers & Footers in Active Document
When a document contains only one kind of header or footer, it is easy to remove them. Follow the steps mentioned below:
- 1Enter in the editing mode of the ‘Header and Footer’ section by double-clicking the header section in any of the pages.
- 2Select the text inside the header and footer and press the delete key on the keyboard.
There, your headers and footers are no more.
Removing the Headers and Footers for macOS - Newer versions
- 1Go to the Insert option.
- 2Select Headers and Footers.
- 3Here, click on Remove Header.
- 4If the document has multiple sections, repeat steps 2 and 3 for all the sections.
How to Remove Header and Footer in MS Word
Removing Headers and Footers from office for mac-11
- 1Go to the Layout option.
- 2Select the Page layout.
- 3In this select Headers and Footers.
- 4In the pop-up menu, select none.
You will no longer have any Header or Footer in the document.
Removing Headers and Footers from the WEB-office
- 1In the insert option available in Microsoft Word, select the ‘Headers and Footers.’
- 2Now, select Options and then click on Remove Headers and Footers.
You will no longer have any Header or Footer in the document.
Removing Headers & Footers with VBA code
When a document has been divided into multiple sections and subsections, and each section or paragraph has a different header or footer, then you can remove all the headers and footers using VBA coding for Microsoft Word.
Follow the steps mentioned below for quick removal:
- 1To open the ‘Microsoft Visual Basic for Application’, press the combination of ALT+ F11 keys.
- 2Choose the ‘insert’ option, now the option of ‘module.’
- 3Paste the ‘VBA macro coding’ for removing sections in the ‘Module Window.’
- 4To run the code click on the key of F5, and every header and footer will be removed at once.
Removing all the sections and watermark with ‘Inspect Document Feature’
If you are not familiar with the VBA macro coding, you can also use the ‘Document Inspector’ feature available in Microsoft Word.
Follow these steps for easy removal of headers and footers (including watermarks):
- 1Click on the ‘file option’ followed by ‘info’ and then check for options to inspect documents.
- 2A ‘dialogue box’ will pop out for ‘Document Inspector’. You need to select the header, footer, and watermarks option in the respective ‘Dialogue box’. The other options available in the dialogue box should not be checked.
- 3Then click the ‘inspects’ button after the inspecting of the entire document is complete. Select ‘Remove all’ options available in the dialogue box.
- 4Close the dialog box and your document will be free of headers and footers.
Remove all Header lines with Kutools for Word
Kutools is a tool that can be used to remove Header lines with just one click.
- 1You need to have the software installed on your desktop. Download and install the ‘Kutools for Word’ software.
- 2Open the word document and click on Kutools from the Menu section.
- 3Now, click on Remove.
- 4Tap on Clear Headers Lines.
- 5A prompt will open, click on Yes to proceed forward.
- 6This will remove the Header lines under all Headers.
Conclusion
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