How to remove a blank page in Google Docs – Easy Steps

An electronic document created in a word processing application can be hundreds of pages long. You can format the document any way you want with titles, sections, chapters, page breaks, and more. Formatting can be tricky if you are unfamiliar with a particular word processor and all of its features. The adjustment of tables, images, index, indents, bullets, numbered lists, etc. you can leave spaces and blank pages in a document.

Delete a blank page in Google Docs

A blank page can be present at the end of a document or it can be present in the middle. Deleting it, without deleting the content of the document or altering the format of the document, is not difficult.

Delete the final page

To remove a blank page in Google Docs, one that is at the end of a document, follow these steps.

1. Open the document in Google Docs.
2. Scroll to very at the end of the document.
3. Click on the first line of the blank page.
4. Tap on the backspace key on the keyboard.
5. the the page will be removed.

Remove blank page in the middle – page break

You can insert a page break in Google Docs. It is a blank page that has no content.

1. Click on the first line of the blank page.
2. Tap on the backspace key on the keyboard.
3. the the page will be removed.

Remove the blank page in the middle

To remove a blank page in the middle of the document that has not been added via a page break, the process is a bit different.

1. Navigate to blank page in the document in Google Docs.
2. Click on the first line of the document and drag the cursor down.
3. You will see selected empty lines appear.
4. Tap on the Delete key.
5. Repeat if empty lines remain.

An alternative, albeit longer, method of removing a blank page in the middle of a document is;

1. Click on the last line of the blank page.
2. Touch the backspace key until the empty space and the page disappear.

conclusion

Not all word processors behave the same. If you’re used to Microsoft Word, it removes a blank page when a user touches the Delete button with the cursor at the end of the last page (the one preceding the blank page). Google Documents does not follow this convention and you will find that many other word processors do not either. If you are using an application other than Google Docs and Microsoft Word, try either method and one of them should work.