Add or remove 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.

Change or remove header & footer margins

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.

Note: To remove header or footer space, change your margin size to 0. 

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