Remove the page number from the first page
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Go to Insert > Header or Footer > Edit Header or Edit Footer.
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Select Different First Page.
Note: Different first page can be applied to the first page of any section in your document, not just the very first page.
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In the header or footer area, you should see a label on the first page that says First Page Header. Select the page number and press Delete.
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Select Close Header and Footer or press Esc to exit.
Tip: If you want your second page to start at 1 rather than 2, go to Insert > Page Number > Format Page Numbers, and set Start at under Page Numbering to 0, rather than 1.
Start page numbering on Page 3 - double-sided printing
If the first page of your document is a cover page, the second page is a table of contents, and you want the third page to show “Page 1”, see Start page numbering on Page 3 - double-sided printing.
Choose the scenario that most closely matches what you want to do:
You don't want a page number to appear on your title page, but you want the second page to show "Page 2."
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Go to Insert > Header or Footer > Edit Header or Edit Footer.
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Select Different First Page.
Note: Different first page can be applied to the first page of any section in your document, not just the very first page.
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In the header or footer area, you should see a label on the first page that says First Page Header. Select the page number to highlight it and press Delete.
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Select Close Header and Footer or press Esc to exit.
Start page numbering on Page 3 - double-sided printing
If the first page of your document is a cover page, the second page is a table of contents, and you want the third page to show “Page 1”, see Start page numbering on Page 3 - double-sided printing.
Remove the page number from the first page
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Go to Insert > Header & Footer.
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Select the Different First Page checkbox.
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Select First Page again, select Page Numbers, and then select Remove Page Numbers.
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To see your page numbers and confirm deletion of the number from the first page, go to View > Reading View.
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If all page numbers are deleted, go to Insert > Header & Footer and select Other Pages on the left side. Go to Insert > Page Number and choose a number placement.
For more info on page numbers, see Page numbering in Word.
See also
Pre-numbered blank document templates with no page number on the first page:
Header page numbers
Footer page numbers
