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How to remove first-line indents made with spaces or tabs in Word?

Author Amanda Li Last modified

If your Word document contains paragraphs with first-line indents created by space or tab characters, removing them manually can be tedious. This tutorial introduces two quick and effective methods to remove all whitespace indents from the first lines of paragraphs.

Remove first-line indents made with spaces or tabs using VBA

Remove first-line indents made with spaces or tabs using Kutools for Word

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Remove first-line indents made with spaces or tabs using VBA

You can use the following VBA code to automatically remove all first-line indents made with spaces or tab characters in a Word document.

  1. Press Alt + F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
  2. Click Module from the Insert tab, then copy and paste the following VBA code into the module window. 
    Sub remove_all_the_first_line_indent_spaces()
Dim i As Paragraph, n As Long
Application.ScreenUpdating = False 'turn off screen updating
For Each i In ActiveDocument.Paragraphs
    For n = 1 To i.Range.Characters.Count
        If i.Range.Characters(1).Text = " " Or i.Range.Characters(1).Text = "γ€€" Or i.Range.Characters(1).Text = Chr(9) Then
            i.Range.Characters(1).Delete
        Else
            Exit For
        End If
    Next n
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True 'restore screen updating
End Sub
  3. Click the Run Run button to execute the code.
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Remove first-line indents made with spaces or tabs using Kutools for Word

Want a quicker solution? Kutools for Word lets you remove all first-line indents made with spaces or tabs in just one click from the entire document or within a selected range.

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  1. Click Kutools > Indents (in the Remove group) > Remove All Spaces/Tab Indents.
    Remove All Spaces/Tab Indents option on the Kutools tab on the ribbon

Note: If you select part of the document first, this tool will only remove first-line indents made with spaces or tab characters within that selection.

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