How to Remove a Border in Word: Page, Text, Picture, and Table Borders

To remove a border in Word, first identify what type of border you see—page, paragraph/text, picture, or table—then use the matching menu. For a page border, open Design → Page Borders, set Setting to None, choose the correct Apply to scope, and click OK. Not sure which border you have? This troubleshooting-style guide starts with the most common fix (remove page border in Word), then routes you to the right steps for text, pictures, and tables.

Key Takeaways

• Page borders: Design → Page Borders → Setting: None → confirm Apply to → OK.
• One page only: check Apply to (This section) and whether section breaks isolate that page.
• Text borders: select the paragraph → Home → Borders → No Border.
• Picture borders: select the image → Picture Format → Picture Border → No Outline.
• Table borders: select cells → Table Design → Borders → No Border.
• WPS Writer uses the same border menus for .docx files.

Which Border Are You Trying to Remove?

Users search how to remove a border in Word when a line or frame will not go away—but the fix depends on the border type.

What you see	Border type	Where to fix it
Frame around the entire page margin	Page border	Design → Page Borders
Box or line around a paragraph	Text / paragraph border	Home → Borders
Outline around an image	Picture border	Picture Format → Picture Border
Grid lines in a table	Table border	Table Design → Borders
Line under/over one paragraph edge	Top or bottom border	Home → Borders → No Border

Start with page borders below if the line follows the paper edge. If the border hugs text or an image, jump to the matching section.

How to Remove a Page Border in Word

This is the primary fix when you want to remove page border in Word or delete border in Word document margins.

1. Open your Word document.
2. Go to Design → Page Borders. (On older Word versions, use Page Layout → Page Borders.)
3. In the Borders and Shading dialog, open the Page Border tab.
4. Under Apply to, choose the page or section that should lose the border (Whole document, This section, or This section—First page only).
5. Under Setting, select None.
6. Click OK.