Google Docs, part of the highly integrated Google Workspace, is used by millions around the world for everything from academic papers to professional reports. Removing page breaks in Google Docs is a valuable skill for anyone looking to maintain seamless continuity in their documents. Page breaks, while useful for organizing content and improving readability, can sometimes disrupt the flow of a document if placed incorrectly or unnecessarily. This capability is crucial for ensuring that your document appears polished and professionally formatted.

Here, we will look into the steps of removing unwanted page breaks in Google Docs.

What are Page Breaks in Google Docs?

Page Breaks are a marker that will end the current page and start the content on the new page. Page breaks are simply used to complete a page without filling it with text or pressing the space bar multiple times to end the page. Page breaks are automatically inserted into your document based on your content.

But sometimes, they might not align with your intended layout especially when you are working on lengthy documents or collaborating with others. So by removing the unnecessary page break, you can have complete control over the layout of your document. But before we learn how to remove page breaks we first need to learn how to find page breaks in your document.

How to Remove Page Breaks in Google Docs

Page Breaks are the markers that end the current page and start the content from the next page. Page breaks are sometimes inserted by Google Docs automatically according to our content. Page Breaks might sometimes not align with our intended layout especially when we working with lengthy content.

Step 1: Find the Page Break

Scroll down through your document and locate the page break you want to remove. It is indicated by a dashed line and a page break is written between them.

Find the Page Break

Step 2: Select the Page Break

Position your cursor just before the end of the page break dashed line or double-click on the page break to select it.

Selecting Page Break

Step 3: Remove the Page break

Press the backspace or delete key on your keyboard to remove the Page Break. This will remove the selected page break in your documents. You can also use this to remove Section Breaks.

After the removal of the page breaks the next section will start from there.

Remove Page Breaks

Step 4: Review the Changes

Make sure that you have deleted the right page break, don’t worry if you removed the wrong page break by mistake, you can press “CTRL + Z” (UNDO) to bring that page break back.

Review the Changes

How to Remove Page Breaks in Google Docs with Pageless View

To delete pages or remove pages in Google Docs with the pageless view you will need to change your document to Pageless view. This means that it will now have no more page breaks.

Step 1: Open the Document

The first step to do is to open your Google Document in the browser.

Open the Document

Step 2: Go to the File Tab and Select Page Setup

In your document, you will find the “File” Tab at the top. Click on it. A drop-down menu will be displayed. Scroll through the options and select Page Setup.

Select Page Setup

Step 3: Select Pageless

As you click on Page Setup a prompt will be displayed on your screen. In that select the Pageless option and press on OK button.

Select Pageless View

Step 4: Document in Pageless View

Now you will see your document in pageless view. You can continue creating and editing your work.

Note: You can make all your documents in Pageless view by setting it as default upon clicking on Default in the Prompt.

Document in Pageless View

How to Show Page Breaks in Google Docs

As page breaks are not visible to us in the general setting, it will be difficult for us to remove them without knowing all the page breaks. So here I’ll show you how to find page breaks in our Google Docs.

Step 1: Open Google Docs

Open your Google Docs in your browser and Login into your Google Account

Open Google Doc

Step 2: Access the View Menu

Once you have opened the document then find the “View” Tab option in the top menu bar and click on it. A drop-down menu will be displayed. This contains various options related to the view of your document.

Select View

Step 3: Select Show Non-Printing Characters

In the prompted drop-down menu select the Show Non-Printing Characters option. This will enable you to see all the non-printing characters in your documents like page breaks and section breaks.

Click on Show Non-Printing Characters

Conclusion

In conclusion, understanding how to remove page breaks in Google Docs allows you to refine the layout and presentation of your documents effectively. Removing unnecessary page breaks makes your document flow better and look cleaner. Keep practicing this in Google Docs to improve how your documents turn out.

Also Read: How To Remove Comments In Google Docs

How to Remove Page Breaks in Google Docs – FAQs

How to Get Rid of Page Breaks in Google Docs

Click under the page break. On your keyboard, press Backspace or Delete until the page break is removed.

How do I make Google Docs not have page breaks?

To make Google Docs not have page breaks, switch to “Web Layout” by going to “View” in the top menu and selecting “Web Layout.” This view removes page breaks and displays your document as a continuous page.

How do you remove all breaks in Google Docs?

To remove all breaks in Google Docs, including page breaks and section breaks, you can do the following:

1. Place your cursor just before the break you want to remove.
2. Press Backspace or Delete to remove the break.

If you need to remove multiple breaks, repeat this process for each break in your document.

What are Section Breaks?

Section break is a market that is used to divide the current page in multiple sections. Section beaks are used to end the current section or paragraph.

How to Remove Section Breaks in Google Docs?

The steps mentioned above can be used to remove section breaks also the only difference is instead of selecting the page break you have to select the section break. You can also go to next paragraph or section and press backspace to remove the section break.