# How to Delete All Section Breaks in a DOCX Document using C# > Section breaks allow documents to have different page sizes, different margins, and other properties related to the sections. However, there are scenarios where existing section breaks should be removed to create a consistent document layout. This article shows how to delete all section breaks in a document. - **Author:** Bjoern Meyer - **Published:** 2023-11-21 - **Modified:** 2026-07-17 - **Description:** Section breaks allow documents to have different page sizes, different margins, and other properties related to the sections. However, there are scenarios where existing section breaks should be removed to create a consistent document layout. This article shows how to delete all section breaks in a document. - **1 min read** (163 words) - **Tags:** - ASP.NET - Windows Forms - ServerTextControl - Sections - **Web URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2023/11/21/how-to-delete-all-section-breaks-in-a-docx-document-using-csharp/ - **LLMs URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2023/11/21/how-to-delete-all-section-breaks-in-a-docx-document-using-csharp/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2023/11/21/how-to-delete-all-section-breaks-in-a-docx-document-using-csharp/llms-full.txt --- Section breaks allow documents to have different page sizes, different margins, and other properties related to the sections. However, there are scenarios where existing section breaks should be removed to create a consistent document layout. A section can also have its own header and footer collection with headers for the first page and footers for the first page. Removing all sections creates a consistent layout with one page orientation and one set of margins, headers, and footers. ### Looping Sections To achieve this, all section break characters must be removed. To find the indexes of all these break characters, you can iterate over the collection of sections. We need to go through all sections except the first to set the input position to the beginning of the section. A new paragraph will be added at the specified location. Then the section break character is selected and removed by passing an empty string. ``` private void RemoveAllSections(TextControl textControl) { // remove all sections for (int section = 2; section <= textControl.Sections.Count;) { // set the input position to the start of the section textControl.Select(textControl.Sections[section].Start - 2, 0); // add a new paragraph textControl.Selection.Text = "\r\n"; // select the end of paragraph character textControl.Selection.Length = 1; // remove the paragraph textControl.Selection.Text = ""; } } ``` In this example, the RemoveAllSections method is called after loading an MS Word DOCX document that contains multiple sections. ``` textControl1.Load("demo.docx", TXTextControl.StreamType.WordprocessingML); RemoveAllSections(textControl1); ``` The following screenshot shows the document before and after section break removal. ![Removing Section Breaks](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2023/11/21/a/assets/section.gif "Removing Section Breaks") --- ## About Bjoern Meyer As CEO, Bjoern is the visionary behind our strategic direction and business development, bridging the gap between our customers and engineering teams. His deep passion for coding and web technologies drives the creation of innovative products. If you're at a tech conference, be sure to stop by our booth - you'll most likely meet Bjoern in person. With an advanced graduate degree (Dipl. Inf.) in Computer Science, specializing in AI, from the University of Bremen, Bjoern brings significant expertise to his role. In his spare time, Bjoern enjoys running, paragliding, mountain biking, and playing the piano. - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjoernmeyer/) - [X](https://x.com/txbjoern) - [GitHub](https://github.com/bjoerntx) --- ## Related Posts - [Find ApplicationFields within Sections and Paragraphs in .NET C#](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2024/08/02/find-applicationfields-within-sections-and-paragraphs-in-net-c-sharp/llms.txt) - [Diagnostics: When Calling ServerTextControl.Create() Failed](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2022/06/29/diagnostics-when-calling-servertextcontrolcreate-fails/llms.txt) - [TX Text Control 34.0 SP4 is Now Available: What's New in the Latest Version](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2026/05/20/tx-text-control-34-0-sp4-is-now-available/llms.txt) - [TX Text Control vs IronPDF for Enterprise PDF Workflows: Complete Comparison Guide](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2026/04/28/tx-text-control-vs-ironpdf-for-enterprise-pdf-workflows-complete-comparison-guide/llms.txt) - 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