To delete or modify section breaks, you’ll need the Word desktop application. Follow these steps to remove empty paragraphs and page breaks using Word Online. Click Edit Document Edit in Word Online. Empty paragraphs appear as blank lines in your document. To remove them, just select them and delete them.(A paragraph in Word is any text that ends with a hard return.). To delete a page break, click it to select it, and then press Delete. If you have the Word desktop application, you can use the Open in Word command to open the document and delete section breaks.Once you have the document open in Word, see Delete a blank page in Word 2013 or Add or delete a page in Word for Mac 2011.ollow these steps to remove empty paragraphs and page breaks using Word Online. Click Edit Document Edit in Word Online. Empty paragraphs appear as blank lines in your document. To remove them, just select them and delete them.