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Deleting a Bookmark

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 13, 2024)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021

After working with a document for a time, you may discover bookmarks that you no longer need. As you delete text that contains a bookmark, the bookmark is automatically deleted. However, if you want to explicitly delete a bookmark, you can follow these steps:

Display the Insert tab of the ribbon.
Click the Bookmark tool in the Links group. Word displays the Bookmark dialog box. (See Figure 1.)

Figure 1. The Bookmark dialog box.

Select the name of the bookmark you want to delete.
Click on Delete. (The Cancel button changes to Close.)
Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each bookmark you want to delete.
Click on Close.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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What is seven more than 2?

2020-01-20 04:09:48

Richard Curtis

Is there a limit to the number of bookmarks in a document?

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