In a Word doc, is there a way to delete the section break that seems to appear automatically within my TOC at the bottom? I'd prefer not to have a new section start after the TOC.

Thanks for any assistance.

A TOC will not insert a Section Break. Period. We may be at odds over Word jargon. Can you attach a sample document showing this (not a screen print).
How to attach a screenshot or file in this forum.

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If you are referring to a page break rather than section break, see if some paragraph is formatted with "Page break before" formatting.

But I agree with Charles: we need an example document.

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