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  1. Go to Insert > Header or Footer, and then select Remove Header or Remove Footer.

    Remove header button

  2. If your document has more than one section, repeat this process for each section.

You can also delete a header from a single page.

  1. Go to Insert > Header or Footer, and then select Remove Header or Remove Footer.

    Remove header button

  2. If your document has more than one section, repeat this process for each section.

  1. Go to Insert > Header or Footer, and then select Remove Header or Remove Footer.Remove Header or Footer on Web

For more on headers and footers, see Headers and footers in Word.

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