If youâve inserted a table in Word and you now want to delete it, you may have found itâs not all that straightforward to delete the entire table without deleting other content around the table. Weâll show you a couple of ways around this limitation.
To delete a table, first select the entire table.
Click the âLayoutâ tab under âTable Toolsâ.
Click âDeleteâ in the âRows & Columnsâ section and select âDelete Tableâ to delete the table. You can also use the âDelete Columnsâ and âDelete Rowsâ options to delete the entire table as long as the entire table is selected.
Another way to delete the entire table once youâve selected it, is to click âCutâ in the âClipboardâ section of the âHomeâ tab. You can also press âCtrl + Xâ.
Pressing the âDeleteâ key on the keyboard will not delete the entire selected table. It will only delete the contents of the cells. However, if you have selected at least one paragraph before or after the table as well as the table, the table can be deleted using the “Delete” key.