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Quickly remove all first line indents in Word

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2025-03-25

When copying or downloading content from websites or other sources into a Word document, you may also inherit unwanted formatting. This can include first-line indents created using various first-line indent markers. To maintain a uniform document format, you may need to remove all first-line indents. With Kutools for Word’s Remove All First Line Indents utility, you can quickly remove all first-line indents from an entire document in one step.

Remove all first line indents from the whole document

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Feature location: Kutools > Indents > Remove All First Line Indents

Feature location on the Word ribbon

Remove all first line indents from the whole document

If your Word document contains first-line indents, as shown in the screenshot below, and you want to remove them instantly, follow these steps:

  1. Place your cursor anywhere in the document and apply this utility by clicking Kutools > Indents > Remove All First Line Indents.
  2. After clicking Remove All First Line Indents, all first-line indents will be removed immediately from the entire document.
    First-line indents in a document
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    First-line indents removed from the document

Notes:

  • Remove All First Line Indents only removes first-line indents, which are created using the first-line indent marker. See screenshot:
    First line 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
    • Space or tab indents: Created by pressing the Space or Tab key. To remove space or tab indents, go to the Remove Space/Tab Indents page.
      Space or tab indent in a document

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