Clear all text formatting

Applies To
Word for Microsoft 365 Outlook for Microsoft 365 PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 OneNote for Microsoft 365 Publisher for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word 2024 Outlook 2024 PowerPoint 2024 OneNote 2024 Word 2021 Outlook 2021 PowerPoint 2021 Publisher 2021 OneNote 2021 Word 2019 Outlook 2019 PowerPoint 2019 Publisher 2019 Word 2019 for Mac PowerPoint 2019 for Mac Word 2016 Outlook 2016 PowerPoint 2016 OneNote 2016 Publisher 2016

You can easily clear all formatting (such as bold, underline, italics, color, superscript, subscript, and more) from your text and return your text to its default formatting styles.

Note

This article explains how to remove the formatting from a document. If you need to undo an action (rather than undo formatting), see Undo, redo, or repeat an action.

  1. Select the text that you want to return to its default formatting.
  2. In Word and Publisher
    On the Home tab, select Clear all formatting button  Clear All Formatting in the Font group.
    In PowerPoint
    On the Home tab, select Clear all formatting button  Clear All Formatting in the Font group.
    In Outlook classic
    On the Message tab, Clear all formatting button  Clear All Formatting in the Basic Text group.
    OneNote
    On the Home tab, Clear all formatting button  Clear All Formatting in the Basic Text group.

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