How to hide page number on first page in Word

In Microsoft Word you can create documents with different levels of complexity. Some documents may contain pages with images, tables, etc. for which you need to hide or even skip page numbers. To skip page numbers for some pages, see How to skip page numbers for some pages in the Word document.

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Video Tutorial: How to remove page number from first page on word document in MS office
How to change Numbering from Second Page of Word Document?
How do I hide page numbers on certain pages in Word?
How do I start page numbers on a specific page in Word?
How do I hide the page number on the first two pages?
How do you hide Numbering in Word?

When you add page numbers to the header or footer of your document (see Working with headers and footers), Word adds page numbers for all pages of your document (including or excluding the first page, depends on the option Different first page).

To hide page numbers for some pages, you need to add formula instead of all text that you want to hide:

{ IF “Expression1” Operator “Expression2” “Text if formula is TRUE” “Text if formula is FALSE” }

For example, if you need to hide the page number of page 7 :

1. Instead of the automatically added page numbers, click Ctrl+F9 to add the special brackets:

2. Enter IF and then again click Ctrl+9 to add PAGE field to get the current page number:

3. Enter <> (not equal) and then number of the page in quotes that you want to hide, in this example, "7" :

4. Add the text that you want to see for pages with number not equal 7 in quotes:

You can add text for the page number 7 (Text if formula is FALSE) in quotes, if necessary.

5. Format text in quotes if needed, for example:

6. Right-click on the field and choose Toggle Field Codes:

So, you will see numbers for all pages, excluding the page number 7 :

See also:

How to include the total number of pages along with the current page number,
How to show the correct number of pages.

See also this tip in French: Comment masquer les numéros de page pour certaines pages dans le document Word.

Despite using Microsoft Word for all these years we often stuck on very little things like How to Remove Page Number from the First Page of a document. Recently a friend of mine asked this question and I went blank. As I never tried it so after a little bit of diving into the options we found a way to do it. Although there are several other ways to do it we are going to show you the easiest method of all.

If you are reading this guide then I hope that you are looking forward to removing the page number from the first page due to several reasons. So let’s see how it is done and Don’t forget to leave a comment below if you are facing any issues.

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How to Remove Page Number from First Page on Word Document?
- Video Tutorial: How to remove page number from first page on word document in MS office
How to change Numbering from Second Page of Word Document?

Video Tutorial: How to remove page number from first page on word document in MS office

We are going to show a super easy method to insert page numbers from the second page either on the header or footer depending on your choice.

Open the document you want to edit.
Click on “Page Layout”
Now click on the Page Setup Dialog box launcher located at the right corner of the section.
Select Layout tab & Check Different first page located under headers and footers.
You can see that the page number is removed from page one.

Also Read: How to Insert or Remove Header and footer in MS Word
How to Add and Remove word header on first page only

How to change Numbering from Second Page of Word Document?

Click on the insert tab.
Next click on the Page Number located in the Header & Footer section. Select Format Page Numbers from the drop-down menu.
In the dialogue box select “Start at” and make it 0. Click Ok.
This will make your second page on the first page.

That’s it, you have successfully removed the page number from the first page as well as numbered the document from the second page. If you are still facing the issue even after following this method for removing page number from the first page of the Word document, feel free to drop a comment below. Don’t forget to share the article with your friends and family.

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How do I hide page numbers on certain pages in Word?

How to remove page numbers in Word manually.

Open the header or footer. Double-click inside the area of the header or footer where the page number is located. ... .

Select the page number and press "Delete" Using your cursor, click and drag to highlight the page number. ... .

Close the header or footer..

How do I start page numbers on a specific page in Word?

At the top of the page, before the first line/word, click on the document to place your curser. Then choose Page Layout from the top menu. Next select Breaks - Next Page. Now choose Insert from the top menu and then select Page Numbers and then choose how you want them to appear in the document.