Add headers, footers & page numbers

Add dates, titles, or names to every page in a document using headers and footers. You can do this with Google Docs, but not Google Sheets or Slides.

Note: You can only see and edit page numbers, headers, and footers when a document is in "Print layout" mode.

Add a header or footer

1. Open a document in the Google Docs app.
2. Tap Edit .
3. In the top right, tap More .
4. Turn on "Print Layout."
5. Tap the header or footer.
6. Type the text you want in your header or footer.

To remove the header or footer space, change your margin size.

Add page numbers

1. Open a document in the Google Docs app.
2. Tap Edit .
3. Tap Insert .
4. Tap Page Number .
5. Choose where you want the page numbers to go, and whether you want the first page to be skipped.

Add a footnote

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
2. Tap Edit .
3. Tap where you want to insert a footnote.
4. In the menu at the top, tap Insert   Footnote.
5. Type your footnote.

Related links

• Add numbers to a slide in Google Slides
• Change your margin size in Google Docs
• Add citations in Google Docs
• Freeze a row or column to make a header in Google Sheets