Delete part of a table in Word: cells, columns, rows

In Word you can easily edit a table that you have made. This article will explain what the various modifications you can make are, and how to delete a certain part of a table: columns, rows, or other cells.

How to delete part of a table in Word?

In the Table Tools tab, you can, by clicking on the Delete button (Rows & Columns), you get three very explicit commands:

• Delete Columns: removes the column of the active cell or selected columns.
• Delete Rows: deletes the row of the active cell or selected lines.
• Delete table: deletes the table.

The Delete cells options, displays a dialog box in which you specify how Word must reorganize the rest of the table:

• Shift cells left: the cells to the right of the deleted cells will shift to the left to "fill" the empty space.
• Shift cells up: cells located below the deleted cells will shift up to "fill" the empty space.
• Delete the entire row or column: the deletion extends to all cells in the same column or the same row.