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Quickly remove all left tab/space indents in Word

Author Siluvia Last modified

In an MS Word document, manually removing all space/tab indents at the beginning of lines can be time-consuming. Fortunately, with Kutools for Word’s Remove All Spaces/Tab Indents utility, you can eliminate all left tab/space indents instantly with just one click, significantly improving work efficiency.

Remove all space or tab indents from the whole document

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Feature location: Kutools > Indents > Remove All Spaces/Tab Indents

Feature location on the Word ribbon

Remove all space or tab indents from the whole document

If your Word document contains space/tab indents at the beginning of lines, as shown in the screenshot below, and you want to remove them all instantly, follow these steps:

  1. Place your cursor anywhere in the document and apply this utility by clicking Kutools > Indents > Remove All Spaces/Tab Indents.
  2. After clicking Remove All Space/Tab Indents, all space/tab indents will be removed immediately from the entire document.
    Space/tab indents at the beginning of lines in a document
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    Space/tab indents at the beginning of lines removed from the document

Notes:

  • Remove All Space/Tab Indents only removes space or tab indents. Space indents are created by pressing the Space key, while tab indents are made using the Tab key. See screenshot:
    Space or tab indent in a document
  • This option does not remove other types of indents, such as:
    • Left indents: Created using the left indent marker. To remove all left indents, go to the Remove Left Indents page.
      Left indent in a document
    • Right indents: Created using the right indent marker. To remove all right indents, go to the Remove Right Indents page.
      Right indent in a document
    • Hanging indents: Created using the hanging indent marker.
      Hanging indent in a document
    • First line indents: Created using the first line indent marker. To remove all first line indents, go to the Remove First Line Indents page.
      First line indent in a document

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