How to Delete a Page in Word (Blank or Full)

To delete a page in Word, click anywhere on it, press Ctrl + G, type \page, press Enter, then close the box and press Delete. That selects the whole page and removes it. If the page is blank and won’t go away, the cause is almost always an invisible paragraph mark or a page break — turn on ¶ (Show/Hide), select those marks, and delete them.

Which method do you need?

Why blank pages refuse to delete

A “blank” page isn’t actually empty — it holds invisible characters:

Delete the invisible character and the page disappears. Here’s each case in detail.

Method 1: Delete a page that has content

The fastest, most reliable route:

1. Click anywhere on the page you want to remove.
2. Press Ctrl + G (Mac: Cmd + Option + G) to open the Go To tab.
3. Type \page and press Enter. Word selects the page’s content.
4. Click Close.
5. Press Delete.

The page and its text are gone. To delete only part of it, click at the very start of the page, then Shift + click at the end, and press Delete.

Method 2: Delete a blank page

Blank pages are nearly always extra paragraph marks. Fix them directly:

1. Go to Home → ¶ (Show/Hide formatting marks). Every hidden mark becomes visible.
2. Scroll to the blank page.
3. Select the ¶ marks sitting on it.
4. Press Delete.
5. Do the same for any line reading Page Break — select it and delete.

If a ¶ sits at the very end of the document and refuses to delete, that’s Word protecting the final paragraph mark. Select it, set the font size to 1, and the page collapses.

Method 3: Delete a page break

1. Turn on ¶ so the break is visible.
2. Click just before the Page Break line — or click at the top of the following page.
3. Press Delete (or Backspace).
4. Turn ¶ off again.

A manual page break (Ctrl + Enter) forces a new page. Removing the break pulls the content back up.

Method 4: Delete a section break

Section breaks store layout information (columns, orientation, headers), so deleting one changes formatting:

1. Show ¶ marks.
2. Select the section break line (the double dotted line).
3. Press Delete.
4. Word now applies the following section’s formatting to the text above it. If the layout shifts, press Ctrl + Z to undo and delete the page’s content instead.

Method 5: Delete the last page in a document

1. Press Ctrl + End to jump to the very end.
2. Hold Backspace to clear the trailing empty paragraphs.
3. If the page survives, select the final ¶ and set its font size to 1.

Delete a page on Mac

The method is identical; the shortcuts differ:

• Go To: Cmd + Option + G
• Show formatting marks: Home → ¶
• Delete: the Delete key (forward-delete on Mac keyboards)

What not to do

• Don’t press Backspace from the page below if Go To already selected the page — you’ll delete more than you intended. Ctrl + Z undoes it.
• Don’t delete a section break unless you accept the formatting change that follows.
• Don’t keep pressing Enter to force content onto a new page — that’s exactly what creates the stray pages you’re trying to remove.

Once the document is clean, you’ll often want to share it as a fixed layout — how to convert Word to PDF covers that, and if you need to change a PDF’s text afterwards, see how to edit a PDF in Word.

FAQ

How do I delete a page in Word quickly?

Click on the page, press Ctrl + G, type \page, press Enter, close the box, then press Delete.

Why can’t I delete a blank page in Word?

It contains invisible paragraph marks or a page break. Turn on ¶ on the Home tab, select those marks, and delete them.

How do I delete a page in the middle of a Word document?

Use Go To (Ctrl + G → \page) to select the page, then press Delete. To keep formatting intact, delete the page’s content rather than a section break.

How do I remove the last blank page in Word?

Press Ctrl + End, then backspace the empty paragraphs. If it won’t budge, set the final paragraph mark’s font size to 1.

Does deleting a page in Word affect the rest of the document?

Only if you delete a section break, which can change columns, headers, or orientation. Deleting text and page breaks is safe.