Delete styles

1. If the Styles and Formatting task pane (task pane: A window within an Office program that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.) is not open, click Styles and Formatting on the Formatting toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).
2. In the Pick formatting to apply list, right-click the style you want to delete, and then click Delete.

 Note   If you delete a paragraph style (paragraph style: A combination of character- and paragraph-formatting characteristics that are named and stored as a set. You can select a paragraph and use the style to apply all of the formatting characteristics to the paragraph at one time.) that you created, Microsoft Word applies the Normal style (Normal style: The default paragraph style used in documents based on the Normal template (Normal.dot).) to all paragraphs that were formatted with that style and removes the style definition from the task pane.

1. On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-Ins.
2. Click Organizer, and then click the Styles tab.
3. To delete items from a different template (template: A file or files that contain the structure and tools for shaping such elements as the style and page layout of finished files. For example, Word templates can shape a single document, and FrontPage templates can shape an entire Web site.) or file, click Close File to close the active document (active document: The document in which you're working. Text you type or graphics you insert in Microsoft Word appear in the active document. The title bar of the active document is highlighted.) and its attached template or to close the Normal template (Normal template: A global template that you can use for any type of document. You can modify this template to change the default document formatting or content.). Then click Open File, and open the template or file you want.
4. Click the items to delete, and then click Delete.