In Excel, the page break lines are dividers that split a worksheet into multiple pages for the sake of printing. These page breaks are automatic that is set based on the paper size, margin settings, scale options, and the positions of any manual page break that you insert. Once you insert those page breaks, you may face difficulties to remove them from the worksheet. In this regard, we’ve come up with 3 distinct ways that you can use to remove page break lines in Excel with ease.
What Are the Page Break Lines?
The Page Break Lines are basically dashed/solid lines that are to divide an Excel worksheet into multiple pages to print them separately. The page break lines can be of two types:
1. Vertical Page Break Lines
2. Horizontal Page Break Lines
Both the page break lines are shown in the picture below:
According to the method of insertion, the page break lines can also be of two types,
1. Automatic Page Break Lines
2. Manual Page Break Lines
The automatically inserted page break lines are dashed lines, whereas the manually inserted page break lines are solid lines. Both are shown in the picture below:
Remove Page Break Lines in Excel: 3 Easy Methods
We will be using a sample sales report as a data table to demonstrate all the methods to remove page break lines in Excel. Now, let’s have a sneak peek of the data table:
So, without having any further discussion let’s get into all the methods one by one.
1. Delete the Manual Page Break Lines Using the Remove Page Break Command
As the page break lines can be of two types, we will see how to remove each of the types of page break lines one after another.
1.1 Remove Vertical Page Break Lines
In the picture below, we can see that the vertical page break line is in between columns F & G.
To delete the vertical page break line,
❶ Select the column right after the page break line, which is G in this case.
❷ Go to Page Layout ▶ Breaks ▶ Remove Page Break.
That’s it.
1.2 Delete Horizontal Page Break Lines
In the picture below, the horizontal page break line is in between rows number 13 and 14.
To delete the horizontal page break line,
❶ Select the row just below the page break line, which is 14 in this case.
❷ Go to Page Layout ▶ Breaks ▶ Remove Page Break.
That’s it.
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2. Use Advanced Options to Remove the Automatic Page Break Lines in Excel
To remove the automatically inserted page break lines,
❶ Go to File.
❷ Click on Options.
❸ Go to Advanced.
❹ Under the Display options for this workbook uncheck the Show page breaks.
❺ Finally, hit the Ok command.
That’s it.
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3. Delete Any Page Break Lines in Excel Using VBA Code
The previously discussed two methods can remove the automatic page break lines or the manual page break lines. But no any of the two above methods can remove both the automatic and manual page break lines.
In this regard, you can use the following VBA code to remove both the automatic as well as manual page break lines in Excel. To see how to use this code, follow the steps below:
❶ Press ALT + F11 to open up the VBA code editor.
❷ Go to Insert ▶ Module.
❸ Now, copy the following VBA code:
Sub RemovePageBreakLines()
ActiveSheet.DisplayPageBreaks = False
End Sub❹ After the paste the code in the VBA editor and save it.
❺ Now, go back to your Excel worksheet.
❻ Press ALT + F8 to open up the Macro module.
❼ Select the RemovePageBreakLines function.
❽ Hit the Run command.
That’s it.
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Things to Remember
📌 You can’t use the remove Page Break command to delete the automatic page break lines.
📌 To delete both the manual and automatic page break lines, you can use the VBA code.
📌 Press ALT + F11 to open up the VBA code editor.
📌 You can press ALT + F8 to open up the Macro dialog box.
Download the Practice Workbook
You are recommended to download the Excel file and practice along with it.
Conclusion
To sum up, we have discussed 3 methods to remove the page break lines in Excel. You are recommended to download the practice workbook attached along with this article and practice all the methods with that. And don’t hesitate to ask any questions in the comment section below. We will try to respond to all the relevant queries asap.
I was trying to do a screen-capture of a worksheet and it was really annoying to having those page-breaks being displayed.
Thanks for this article.