How to delete a cell in Google Docs

How to delete a cell in Google Docs

Though it looks very straight forward to delete a cell in a Google Docs table but to be honest there is no direct option to do this. But possible with a simple trick. Let’s discuss the quick tips to delete a cell or a box from a table in Google Docs.

How to delete a cell in Google Docs

I have the requirement to delete the below-highlighted cell in the Google Docs table.

How to delete a cell from a table in Google Docs

Follow the below quick steps to delete the highlighted cell in the Google Docs table.

  1. Click on the top border of the cell to select.
  2. Once you will click on the border it will get selected as below.
delete a cell from a table in Google Docs

3. Then, click on the Border color dropdown and then choose the White color.

delete a cell in Google Docs table

Now the cell will look like the below.

delete a cell in Google Docs

4. Same way, click on the left border of the cell to select –> then click on the Border color dropdown and choose the White color option.

how to delete a box in Google Docs

Now, you can able to see you have successfully deleted the cell in Google Docs.

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Voila! It’s so simple to delete a cell in Google Docs using the above information. Thanks for reading this article !!!