How to Delete a Header From MS Word Table of Contents

1. Locate the text you want to remove from within the document. You may need to use MS Word's 'Find' feature to locate the text. Double click the text to highlight it.
2. Click the 'Home' tab.
3. Click 'Quick Styles' and 'Normal' in Word 2007, or click 'Normal' from the Style group in Word 2010. This removes the header designation from the text.
4. Click 'Update Table' in the document's table of contents.
5. Click 'Update entire table,' then click 'OK' to remove the header from the table of contents.