I consider myself a Google Docs expert, which is handy since I need the app to do most of my work. Despite this, it wasn’t until recently that I learned how to do an arguably simple task: remove table borders in Google Docs.
Now that I know how to hide borders, one thing’s abundantly clear: it’s not me—it’s Google. Despite how intuitive most of Google’s features are to use, they’ve made it inexplicably complicated to do this.
While we wait for Google to add a shortcut, here’s a simple workaround to removing table borders in Google Docs.
How to get rid of borders in Google Docs
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With your Google Doc open, highlight the table cells that you’d like to make borderless.
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Select Format > Table > Table properties. (You can also right-click your mouse anywhere in the highlighted table, and then select Table properties.)
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In the Table properties window, select Color.
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Under Table border, select the border color icon, which is likely black by default
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, and choose the color of your table’s background (probably white). Alternatively, you can hide table borders by changing the Table border width from 1 pt to 0 pt.
That’s it!
If you ever need to check if text is inside a hidden table, hover your cursor over the top row of text. A table formatting icon will appear to indicate that table borders have been “removed.”
![A Google Doc with a table of text, but the table's borders have been hidden. An arrow points to a table formatting icon above the top row of text and text above the arrow reads, "Table formatting icon indicates text is inside a hidden table."](https://images.ctfassets.net/lzny33ho1g45/48MZCCPbaPJn0daS33A3uK/477b2128dce3ac5d4b643469ac4318ba/remove-table-borders-in-google-docs-03-borderless-table.png?w=1400)
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to spend the rest of the day figuring out which of my other tech problems I can blame on an app.
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