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Remove Styles from Text in Word – Instructions

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Remove Styles from Text in Word: Video Lesson

            This video lesson, titled “Clearing Styles from Text,” shows you how to remove styles from text in Word. This video lesson is from our complete Word tutorial, titled “Mastering Word Made Easy v.2019 and 365.”

Remove Styles from Text in Word: Overview

            There may come a time when you need to remove styles from text in Word after you have applied them. There are a couple of options available to you in Word to perform this action. The first way to remove style formatting is to select the text from which you want to remove the formatting. Then, click the “More” button in the “Styles” button group on the “Home” tab of the Ribbon. Then choose the “Clear Formatting” command from the drop-down list. This will remove any style that was applied to the selected text.

            If the “Styles” pane is open, you can also clear any applied style from there, as well. To open the pane, click the “Styles” pane launcher button in the “Styles” button group of the “Home” tab. Then select the text from which you want to remove the style in the document. Then choose the “Clear All” choice from the list of styles in the “Styles” pane. Any style applied to the selected text will be removed.

Remove Styles from Text in Word - Instructions: A picture of a user clearing a style by using the “Styles” pane.

Remove Styles from Text in Word – Instructions: A picture of a user clearing a style by using the “Styles” pane.

Remove Styles from Text in Word: Instructions

  1. To remove styles using the “Clear Formatting” command, select the text from which you want to remove the style.
  2. Then click the “More” button in the “Styles” button group of the “Home” tab in the Ribbon.
  3. Then choose the “Clear Formatting” command from the list of menu options.
  4. To remove styles using the “Styles” task pane, select the text from which you want to remove the style.
  5. Click the “Styles” launcher button in the “Styles” button group of the “Home” tab to launch the “Styles” pane.
  6. Then choose the “Clear All” choice from the list of styles shown in the “Styles” pane.
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