Note that the button becomes de-selected. You’ve now broken the link to the previous sections header or footer. Note: If you need to delete both a header and footer from a section, you’ll need to delete the text and break the links to the previous section for each individually. Next, go ahead and delete the text from your header or footer. Jun 12, 2018 - You can remove or make changes to headers or footers on any. This also activates the Header & Footer Tools section on Word's Ribbon.
When you are collaborating on a document with a group of people, or when you are working on a document that someone else created, it is likely that there will be something that you need to edit. But the edits that need to be made might not always be located in the main document body, and might instead be in the footer. If the existing footer of a document contains information that you do not need, then you will need to know how to delete a footer in Word 2013. Fortunately there is a dedicated button that allows you to make this chage, and our tutorial will show you where to find it. Remove a Footer in Microsoft Word 2013 The steps in this article are going to remove the entire footer from every page of your document. This includes items that are located in the footer, such as.
If there is an element of the footer that you want to keep, then you will need to manually delete each unwanted element from the footer instead of using the steps below. Step 1: Open the document containing the footer that you want to remove. Step 2: Double-click inside of the footer to make it the active section of the document.
This will display a Header & Footer Tools tab at the top of the window. Step 3: Click the Design tab under Header & Footer Tools at the top of the window. Step 4: Click the Footer button in the Header & Footer section of the navigational ribbon. Step 5: Click the Remove Footer option at the bottom of the expanded Footer menu. Your footer will now be gone from every page of your document. Be sure to save the document after making these changes.
Now that you have deleted your footer, do you need to add a header? Will show you how to add a header in Word 2013 if you need one.
Note: If you're using your browser to edit a document in Word Online, see, later in this article. Delete or change the header or footer on the first page. Double-click the header or footer area (near the top or bottom of the page) to open the Header & Footer Tools. Click the check box Different First Page. If you have a header or footer, they’re removed automatically on the first page. You can leave this area blank or add a different header or footer for this page only. Delete or change a header or footer on other pages besides the first If there are other pages besides the first page where you want to remove a header or footer (like the first page of a new chapter), there’s another process.
Start by inserting a section break. Note: Section breaks are different from page breaks. If you already have a page break before the page where you want to remove the header or footer, and replace it with a section break as shown below. Click where you want to start a new page without the header or footer.
Click Layout or Page Layout Breaks Next Page to create a break. Double-click the header or footer area (near the top or bottom of the page) to open the Header & Footer Tools. Click Link to Previous to turn off the link between the sections. To delete the header, click the Header or Footer button and choose Remove Header or Remove Footer near the bottom of the menu. (You’ll need to repeat steps 3-5 if you want to delete both the header and the footer.) If you just want to change the header on this page (and not delete it):. To edit text, select the text you want to change and type your new header or footer in its place.
To change the design, on the Design tab under Header & Footer Tools, click Header or Footer, and then choose a style from the gallery. To return to the body of your document, click Close Header and Footer. Tip: You can also close header and footer tools by double-clicking in the body of your document. The header and/or footer is removed from the first page after the section break. To remove all headers or footers after the section break, double click in the header or footer area on the page where you want to remove the header or footer and then repeat steps 4-6 above. If the section has different odd and even pages, you may need to repeat this. If you’d like to add headers or footers back later in the document, insert another section break and then to the new section.
Delete or change the header or footer on the first page in Word Online. Click Edit Document Edit in Word Online if you haven’t already opened your document for editing. Click Insert Header & Footer. In the white area that appears at the top of the document area, click Options Different First Page. To delete the header or footer on the first page, leave the First Page header and footer boxes blank. To put a header only on the first page, type the text you want for First Page, and leave the header or footer boxes for Other Pages blank. Unfortunately, you can't delete headers or footers from pages other than the first page in Word Online.
But if you have the Word desktop program, you can click the Open in Word button to open your document in Word and delete the header or footer there. After opening your document in Word, you can. Then, press Ctrl+S to save your document to its original location. Word Online works seamlessly with the Office desktop programs. If you don’t have Office, or the latest version now.