Deleting a Header

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated January 19, 2019)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003

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When you create a new Excel spreadsheet, it contains page headers. If you want to get rid of the page header, follow these steps:

  1. Select Page Setup from the File menu. This displays the Page Setup dialog box.
  2. Make sure the Header/Footer tab is selected. (See Figure 1.)

    3. Figure 1. The Header/Footer tab of the Page Setup dialog box.

  3. Using the Header drop-down list, select the very top predefined header. This appears as (none).
  4. Click on OK to close the Page Setup dialog box.

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2022-02-03 16:05:26

Mark Isherwood

There is no such dialog as "Page Setup" from the File menu. I found that popup window under Page Layout menu>Sheet Options Section (clicked arrow for More) and got the Page Setup Window. Header and Footer are both set to (none), but they still exist in the Excel document.

2022-02-03 15:59:52

Mark Isherwood

There is no such dialog as "Page Setup" from the File menu.

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