When processing a Word document, you may need to remove some paragraphs. For example, after you copied contents from the Internet with a lot of redundant paragraphs to your document, you need to delete the extra paragraphs and keep only those that are useful. The deletion can be easily achieved by Spire.Doc for .NET by programming with no need for other software. This article will show you the detailed steps of removing paragraphs in a Word document using Spire.Doc for .NET.

• Delete a Specific Paragraph in a Word Document
• Delete All Paragraphs in a Word Document

Install Spire.Doc for .NET

To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.Doc for.NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.

PM> Install-Package Spire.Doc

Delete a Specific Paragraph in a Word Document

Spire.Doc for .NET provides a method RemoveAt() under ParagraphCollection to remove paragraphs.

The detailed steps of removing a specific paragraph are as follows:

• Create an object of Document class.
• Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Get the first section using Document.Section[] property.
• Remove the 4th paragraph using Section.Paragraphs.RemoveAt() method.
• Save the document using Document.SaveToFile() method.

using System;
using Spire.Doc;

namespace RemoveParagraphs
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create an object of Document class
            Document document = new Document();

            //Load a Word document
            document.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx");

            //Get the first section
            Section section = document.Sections[0];

            //Remove the first paragraph in the section
            section.Paragraphs.RemoveAt(3);
            
            //Save the document
            document.SaveToFile("RemoveParagraphs.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013);
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports Spire.Doc

Module Program
    Sub Main(args As String())
        'Create an object of Document class
        Dim document As Document = New Document

        'Load a Word document
        document.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx")

        'Get the first section
        Dim section As Section = document.Sections(0)

        'Remove the first paragraph in the section
        section.Paragraphs.RemoveAt(3)

        'Save the document
        document.SaveToFile("RemoveParagraphs.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013)
    End Sub
End Module

Delete All Paragraphs in a Word Document

To remove all paragraphs, you can use the method Clear() under ParagraphCollection provided by Spire.Doc for .NET.

The detailed steps are as follows:

• Create an object of Document class.
• Load a Word Document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Loop through all sections, and remove all paragraphs in each section using Section.Paragraphs.Clear() method.
• Save the document using Document.SaveToFile() method.

using System;
using Spire.Doc;

namespace RemoveAllParagraphs
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create an object of Document class
            Document document = new Document();

            //Load a Word document
            document.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx");

            //Loop through all sections
            foreach (Section section in document.Sections)
            {
                //Remove all paragraphs in the section
                section.Paragraphs.Clear();
            }

            //Save the document
            document.SaveToFile("RemoveAllParagraphs.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013);
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports Spire.Doc

Module Program
    Sub Main(args As String())
        'Create an object of Document class
        Dim document As Document = New Document()

        'Load a Word document
        document.LoadFromFile("Sample.docx")

        'Loop through all sections
        For Each section As Section In document.Sections
            'Remove all paragraphs in the section
            section.Paragraphs.Clear()
        Next

        'Save the document
        document.SaveToFile("RemoveAllParagraphs.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013)
    End Sub
End Module

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By using Spire.Doc, you can not only retrieve the style names of all paragraphs in a Word document, but also get the paragraphs with a specific style name. This is useful especially when you need to get the text in Title, Heading 1, Subtitle, etc.

Step 1: Load a sample Word file when initializing the Document object.

Document doc = new Document("sample.docx");

Step 2: Traverse the sections and paragraphs in the document and determine if the paragraph style name is "Heading1", if so, write the paragraph text on screen.

foreach (Section section in doc.Sections)
{
    foreach (Paragraph paragraph in section.Paragraphs)
    {
        if (paragraph.StyleName == "Heading1")
        {
            Console.WriteLine(paragraph.Text);
        }
    }
}

Output:

Full Code:

using Spire.Doc;
using Spire.Doc.Documents;
using System;
namespace GetParagh
{
 class Program
    {

     static void Main(string[] args)
     {
         Document doc = new Document("sample.docx");
         foreach (Section section in doc.Sections)
         {
             foreach (Paragraph paragraph in section.Paragraphs)
             {
                 if (paragraph.StyleName == "Heading1")
                 {
                     Console.WriteLine(paragraph.Text);
                 }
             }
         }
     }

    }
}

Imports Spire.Doc
Imports Spire.Doc.Documents
Namespace GetParagh
	Class Program

		Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
			Dim doc As New Document("sample.docx")
			For Each section As Section In doc.Sections
				For Each paragraph As Paragraph In section.Paragraphs
					If paragraph.StyleName = "Heading1" Then
						Console.WriteLine(paragraph.Text)
					End If
				Next
			Next
		End Sub

	End Class
End Namespace

VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macros are small programs that can be embedded within Microsoft Word documents to automate repetitive tasks, add interactivity to documents, and perform other useful functions. While macros can be beneficial in many situations, they can also pose a security risk if the code is malicious or contains malware. By removing VBA macros from Word documents, you can reduce the risk of security breaches and malware infections. In this article, you will learn how to detect and remove VBA macros from Word documents in C# and VB.NET using Spire.Doc for .NET library.

Install Spire.Doc for .NET

To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.Doc for .NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.

PM> Install-Package Spire.Doc

Detect and Remove VBA Macros from Word Documents in C# and VB.NET

You can use the Document.IsContainMacro property to detect whether a Word document contains VBA macros. If any macros are detected, you can use the Document.ClearMacros() method to easily remove them from the document.

The following steps show how to detect and remove VBA macros from a Word document using Spire.Doc for .NET:

• Initialize an instance of the Document class.
• Load a Word document using the Document.LoadFromFile(string fileName) method.
• Detect if the document contains VBA macros using the Document.IsContainMacro property.
• If any macros are detected, remove them from the document using Document.ClearMacros() method.
• Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile(string fileName, FileFormat fileFormat) method.

using Spire.Doc;

namespace RemoveVBAMacros
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Initialize an instance of the Document class
            Document document = new Document();
            //Load a Word document
            document.LoadFromFile("Input.docm");

            //Detect if the document contains macros
            if (document.IsContainMacro)
            {
                //Remove the macros from the document
                document.ClearMacros();
            }

            //Save the result document
            document.SaveToFile("RemoveMacros.docm", FileFormat.Docm);
            document.Close();
        }
    }
}

Imports Spire.Doc

Namespace RemoveVBAMacros
    Friend Class Program
        Private Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
            'Initialize an instance of the Document class
            Dim document As Document = New Document()
            'Load a Word document
            document.LoadFromFile("Input.docm")

            'Detect If the document contains macros
            If document.IsContainMacro Then
                'Remove the macros from the document
                document.ClearMacros()
            End If

            'Save the result document
            document.SaveToFile("RemoveMacros.docm", FileFormat.Docm)
            document.Close()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Apply for a Temporary License

If you'd like to remove the evaluation message from the generated documents, or to get rid of the function limitations, please request a 30-day trial license for yourself.