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Quickly remove spacing before and/or after paragraphs in a Word document

Author: Xiaoyang Last Modified: 2025-03-25

Extra spacing before or after paragraphs in a Word document can make content easier to read, but it may also lead to unnecessary page breaks or wasted space when printing. To help streamline your document layout, Kutools for Word offers a set of Clear Paragraph Spacing tools that allow you to quickly remove unwanted paragraph spacing.

Extra space in document

Remove the spacing before paragraphs in Word

Remove the spacing after paragraphs in Word

Remove all paragraph spacing (before and after) in Word


Note: The methods described below remove spacing from paragraphs in a selected range. To apply the changes to all paragraphs in the document, make sure no text is selected, then use the desired Clear Spacing tool directly.

Remove the spacing before paragraphs in a Word document

To remove the spacing before paragraphs, please follow these steps:

  1. Select the paragraphs from which you want to remove the spacing before.
  2. Click Kutools > Paragraphs > Clear Spacing Before Paragraphs in Selected Range.
    Clear Spacing Before Paragraphs in Selected Range option on the Word ribbon
  3. The spaces before the paragraphs will be deleted immediately. Click the OK button to close the prompt box.
    Space before paragraphs removed

Remove the spacing after paragraphs in a Word document

To remove the spacing after paragraphs, please follow these steps:

  1. Select the paragraphs for which you want to remove the spacing after.
  2. Click Kutools > Paragraphs > Clear Spacing After Paragraphs in Selected Range.
    Clear Spacing After Paragraphs in Selected Range option on the Word ribbon
  3. The spaces after the paragraphs will be removed. Click OK to close the dialog box.
    Space after paragraphs removed

Remove all paragraph spacing (before and after) in a Word document

To remove all paragraph spacing, please do the following:

  1. Select the paragraphs from which you want to remove all spacing before and after.
  2. Click Kutools > Paragraphs > Clear Paragraph Spacing in Selected Range.
    Clear Paragraph Spacing in Selected Range option on the Word ribbon
  3. All spacing between the paragraphs will be removed instantly. Click the OK button to close the dialog box.
    Space before and after paragraphs removed

Demo: Remove spacing before and/or after paragraphs in a Word document

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