Microsoft Office Word automatically removes, or deletes, page numbers throughout the document when you click Remove Page Numbers.

Note The Remove Page Numbers command does not remove page numbers that were inserted in an earlier version of Microsoft Office Word. It also does not remove page numbers that were inserted by using Current Position in the Page Number gallery.

Note You can also remove page numbers by deleting a single page number from your document.

  1. On the Insert tab, in the Header & Footer group, click Page Number.

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  2. Click Remove Page Numbers.

Note If you created different first-page or odd and even headers or footers, be sure to remove the page numbers from each different header or footer.