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How to get rid of paragraph in Google doc

Hide the paragraph marks (¶) and other formatting symbols shown in your document.

Operations
3 steps 1 min Community template
1

Click View

Open the View menu.

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Click View
2

Click Show non-printing characters

Click Show non-printing characters to untick it. Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + P (Cmd + Shift + P on Mac).

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Click Show non-printing characters
3

Paragraph marks hidden

The ¶ symbols are gone. Turn the option back on the same way to see paragraph breaks again.

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Paragraph marks hidden

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