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Simply cannot delete a section break. It is impossible. Cannot be done. Please prove me wrong.
I figured out how to easily delete sections breaks and I couldn’t be happier.
First I showed paragraph symbols under Home > Show/Hide. Then I clicked right before a section break, hold Shift + right arrow to highlight the section break, then press delete. Voila!
Hope this works for some poor frustrated soul in the future. Cheers
- Bless you! Thank you so much, I've been tearing my hair out.
I'm having this same issue of not being able to remove a Section Break. I've tried multiple methods. Nothing is working. Shift plus Right Arrow is also not working, unfortunately. SamHart
In Word for Windows, do the following: Switch to Draft view (View tab > Draft) and display nonprinting characters (for example by pressing Ctrl+Shift+8). You should be able to select and Cut or Delete the section break.
- Thank You! This should be the top comment!
SamHart, you are wizard! I followed your advice and found deleting the pesky section breaks easy. I held down the Shift key and hit the right arrow on my keyboard. This highlighted the section break and then hit delete. Thank you!
