Stop printing blank pages

What to Know

This article explains how to delete pages in Excel.

Excel chooses these for you automatically, using your default paper size and margin prefs.

Insert, delete, or move page breaks in Excel to double-check pages print as expected.

The View tab in Excel

pop fire up worksheet in which you want to delete a page and select theViewtab.

SelectPage Break Previewin the Workbook Views group.

The preview mode shows how any change you make to columns or rows impacts the automatic page breaks.

The “Page Break Preview” button in Excel

you might select any of the blue lines (both dotted and solid) to adjust the print areas.

The line turns solid, converting it to a manual page break.

When you finish adjusting the page breaks, selectNormalin the Workbook Views group.

Page Break Preview

you’re free to use printer options to print a selected area by following these steps.

For one-time printing:

Select and drag to highlight the area of the worksheet that you want to print.

ChoosePrint Selectionin the list underSettings.

Blue line in page break preview

Go to thePage Layouttab.

Highlight the area that you want to print, then selectPrint Areain the Page Setup group.

You’ll see a slight outline illustrating the new print area.

The “Normal” button in Workspace Views

If you oughta change the print area, selectPrint Area>Clear Print Area.

FAQ

Toinsert a page break in Microsoft Excel, selectView>Page Break Preview.

For a vertical page break, pick the row below where the break will be.

Selected cells in Excel

For a horizontal page break, pick the column to the right of where the break will be.

When you’re ready, selectPage Layout>Breaks>Insert Page Break.

To remove a horizontal page break, choose the row below the page break.

The File menu in Excel

To remove a vertical page break choose the column to the right of the page break.

When you’re ready, selectPage Layout>Breaks>Remove Page Break.

Click outside the header or footer to see the page numbers.

The Print command in Excel

The “Print Selection” command

The Page Layout tab

The “Print Area” button

The “Set Print Area” command

The “Clear Print Area” command