Instructions in this article apply to the Google Docs web app.

The document can be open to any page.

SelectInsert>Header & page number.

Stack of opened books, magazines, exercise notebooks with flying numbers

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The icons for these options display the numbers 1 and 2 in the corner.

The page numbers are added to either the header or footer, depending on your choice.

This way, the second page of the document is page one.

The Insert tab in Google Docs to add a page number to all pages of a document

SelectInsert>Header & page number>Page number.

The icons for these options display only the number 1 in the corner.

Go to the first page of the document.

Insert a page number in a Google Docs document

pick the header or footer, depending on where the page number is located.

Select theDifferent first pagecheck box.

grab the page number, if it isnt highlighted.

Page number added to the header of a Google Docs document

PressDeleteor replace the page number with any text.

Select anywhere outside the header or footer.

The page number no longer appears on the first page.

Add page numbers to every page but the first page in Google Docs

The page numbering continues on the second page and the second page is numbered as page two.

However, you’re free to move it to the center or to the left.

Go to the toolbar and select eitherLeft AlignorCenter Align.

Page numbering starts on page 2 in Google Docs

The page numbering moves to the selected location.

To do so, select any page number then pressDelete.

This page count updates when pages are added or deleted from the document.

Select the Different first page text box to hide the page number of the first page

opt for relevant place in the document.

SelectInsert>Header & page number>Page count.

The total number of pages appears in the selected location.

Hiding the page number of the first page of a Google Docs document

The second page remains page number two in Google Docs

Select Left Align or Center Align to move the location of the page number

Move a page number by changing the paragraph alignment

Add a page count to a Google Docs document

The Insert menu in Google Docs to insert a page count

Add a page count to a document in Google Docs