Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 18, 2023)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Word in Microsoft 365
Word provides the tools for you to create complete indexes for your documents. After creating all the fields that mark the index entries, as described in other WordTips, you might decide later to remove an index entry. This is done by deleting the field you originally used to mark an entry. To do this, follow these general steps:
If, after completing these steps, your index still includes the index entry, you'll know that you didn't catch and delete all the index entries. Note the page on which the entry occurs (the page number should show in the regenerated index) and then repeat the above steps. If, for example, the index entry appears on page 28, then you would (in step 2) go to page 28, locate the index field, and delete it.
WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (11996) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Word in Microsoft 365. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Deleting Index Entries.
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