Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Deleting Tab Stops.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated December 21, 2019)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365
There may be times when you don't want to clear all the tab stops in your document—you only want to clear a few of them. To clear individual tab stops for a paragraph, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Tabs dialog box.
If you have the ruler displayed on-screen, then you can also delete tabs by following these steps:
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2019-12-23 07:15:03
Richard Curtis
Tabs tops (typo).
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