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How to remove all first-line indents in Word?

Author Amanda Li Last modified

In many Word documents, paragraphs often have first-line indents. However, depending on formatting requirements, you may need to remove all first-line indents efficiently instead of deleting them one by one. This tutorial introduces different methods to remove all first-line indents in Word.

Remove all first-line indents using the Format command

Remove all first-line indents using Kutools for Word

Remove all first-line indents using VBA

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Remove all first-line indents using the Format command

Instead of removing first-line indents one by one, you can use the Format function to remove them all at once.

  1. Press Ctrl + A to select the entire document.
  2. Right-click anywhere in the document and choose Paragraph.
    Right-clicking menu
  3. In the Paragraph dialog box, set the Special option to None in the Indentation section.
    Paragraph dialog box
  4. Click OK to apply the changes.

Note: This method does not remove first-line indents created with space characters but does remove those created using the Tab key.

Remove all first-line indents using Kutools for Word

Kutools for Word provides a one-click solution to remove all first-line indents.

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  • If you want to remove first-line indents from a specific range, select the range first, then click Kutools > Indents > Remove All First Line Indents.
    Remove All First Line Indents option on the Kutools tab on the ribbon
  • If you want to remove first-line indents from the entire document, simply apply the feature by clicking Kutools > Indents > Remove All First Line Indents without selecting anything.

Note: This method can remove first-line indents created by both spaces and tab characters.

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Remove all first-line indents using VBA

If you're comfortable with VBA, you can use a script to remove all first-line indents quickly.

  1. Press Alt + F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor.
  2. Click Module under the Insert tab, then copy and paste the following VBA code into the module window. 
    Sub remove_all_first_line_indents()
Selection.WholeStory 'Select entire document
Selection.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 0 'Remove first-line indent
End Sub
  3. Click the Run button Run button to execute the VBA.

Note: This method does not remove first-line indents created with space characters.

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