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How to Remove All Breaks in Word?

Author: Tech SupportLast Modified: 2025-02-12

When working with a Word document that contains multiple types of breaks, manually deleting them one by one using the Delete key can be tedious. If you need a faster way to remove all breaks at once, this guide will introduce several efficient methods to accomplish this.

Remove breaks one by one

  1. Click the Show/Hide button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab to make all break symbols visible.
    Show/Hide button on the ribbon
  2. Select a break you want to delete and press Delete on your keyboard.
  3. Repeat the process to remove all breaks individually.

Note: Manually removing breaks one by one is time-consuming and not recommended for large documents.

Remove all breaks with Find and Replace

You can use the Find and Replace function to remove breaks more efficiently.

  1. Click Home > Replace to open the Find and Replace window.
    Tip: Alternatively, press Ctrl + H to open the Find and Replace window.
  2. Click More to expand the search options.
  3. Place the cursor in the Find What field and select a break type you want to remove from the Special drop-down list.
    Find and Replace dialog box in Word with break types selected

Note: Find and Replace can only remove one break type at a time. You must repeat the process for each type of break.

Remove all breaks with Kutools for Word

Kutools for Word offers a one-click solution to remove all breaks from an entire document or a selected section.

Kutools for Word, equipped with AI 🤖, offers over 100 handy features to simplify your tasks.
  • To remove all breaks from the entire document: Click Kutools > Breaks > Remove All Breaks.
  • To remove breaks from a specific section: Select the section first, then click Kutools > Breaks > Remove All Breaks.
    Remove All Breaks on the Kutools tab on the ribbon

All breaks, including page, column, and section breaks, will be instantly removed.

Document with different kinds of breaks
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Document with all breaks removed

For more detailed information about Remove All Breaks of Kutools for Word, please visit: Remove All Breaks feature description.

Remove all breaks with VBA code

You can automate the process by using VBA to remove breaks in Word.

  1. Press Alt + F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
  2. Click Insert > Module, then copy and paste the following VBA code: 
    Sub Delecolumnbreaks()
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
With Selection.Find
.Text = "^n"
.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 Run button to execute the code.

Note: .Text = "^n" removes columns breaks from the document.

  • Replace .Text = "^n" with .Text = "^b" to remove section breaks.
  • Replace .Text = "^n" with .Text = "^m" to remove manual page breaks.

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