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How to remove all section breaks in Word?

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Section breaks in Word are useful for changing the formatting within a document, such as switching between portrait and landscape orientations or altering margins.

While inserting section breaks is straightforward, removing them from a long document can be more challenging. If you're looking to clean up your document by eliminating all section breaks, this tutorial will provide you with the tips and techniques needed to efficiently remove section breaks in Word.

Remove one section break manually in Word

This method will help you display all paragraph marks and hidden formatting symbols in a Word document, making it easy to manually delete the specified section break. Follow these steps:

  1. Click Home > Show/Hide Editing Marks button (Show/Hide Editing Marks) to display all paragraph marks and hidden formatting symbols in the document.
    Show/Hide Editing Marks button on the ribbon
  2. Place the cursor just before the section break you want to remove, then press the Delete key to remove it.
    Section breaks are visible now
  3. To remove additional section breaks, simply repeat Step 2.

Remove All Section Breaks with Kutools for Word

Manually removing section breaks in Word can be tedious, especially in lengthy documents. With Kutools for Word's Remove Section Breaks feature, you can quickly delete all section breaks in the current document or a specific selection with just one click.

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  • To remove section breaks in a specific range, select this range and click Kutools > Breaks > Remove All Section Breaks in Selected Ranges.
  • To remove section breaks across the entire document, leave everything unselected and click Kutools > Breaks > Remove All Section Breaks in Selected Ranges.

    Remove Section Breaks option on the ribbon

Remove all section breaks with Find and Replace feature in Word

You can also remove all section breaks from the current Word document with the Find and Replace feature in Word. Please do as follows:

  1. Click Home > Replace (or press Ctrl + H keys simultaneously) to open the Find and Replace dialog box.
    Replace button on the ribbon
  2. In the Find and Replace dialog box:
    1. Type ^b in the Find what box.
    2. Leave the Replace with box empty.
    3. Click the Replace All button.
      Replace ^b with nothing to remove ^b from document
  3. A Microsoft Word dialog box pops out, showing how many section breaks were deleted. Click the OK button to close it.
    Confirmation dialog
  4. Close the Find and Replace dialog box.

So far, all section breaks have been removed from the current document.

Remove all section breaks using VBA

If you want to quickly remove all section breaks from your Word document, using VBA can be a more efficient option compared to the Find and Replace feature. Follow these steps to accomplish this:

  1. Press Alt + F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
  2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following VBA code into the module window: 
    Sub DeleSectionBreaks()
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^b"
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchByte = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchFuzzy = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End Sub
  3. Click the Run button or press F5 to execute the code. All section breaks in the document will be removed in bulk instantly.

Demo: How to remove section breaks in Word?

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