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Quickly remove all left indents in Word

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Kutools for Word

When editing a document, you may find various left indents that need to be removed. You can remove them manually one by one or adjust the paragraph settings, but these methods can be tedious. With Kutools for Word’s Remove All Left Indents utility, you can remove all left indents in a single click, making document formatting much easier.

Remove all left indents from the whole document

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Feature location: Kutools > Indents > Remove All Left Indents

Feature location on the Word ribbon

Remove all left indents from the whole document

If your Word document contains different types of left 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 Left Indents.
  2. After clicking Remove All Left Indents, all left indents will be removed immediately from the entire document.
    Left indents in a document
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    Left indents removed from the document

Notes:

  • Remove All Left Indents only removes left indents, which are created using the left indent marker. See screenshot:
    Left indent in a document
  • This option does not remove other types of indents, such as:
    • 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
    • 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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