How to exclude the cover page from a table of contents

If you mean that there is something on the Cover Page, like the document title, that is appearing in your Table of Contents...

• Ctrl+Click on the entry in the TOC to go to that part of the Cover Page
• If it is in a Heading Style or otherwise has an Outline level, modify it so that it no longer has that style. You can change the formatting to look the same. You can tell if it has an outline level setting by a black triangle appearing on the left when you are in the paragraph.

For more, see:

• https://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/tableofcontents.html andIf you mean that there is something on the Cover Page, like the document title, that is appearing in your Table of Contents...
• Ctrl+Click on the entry in the TOC to go to that part of the Cover Page
• If it is in a Heading Style or otherwise has an Outline level, modify it so that it no longer has that style. You can change the formatting to look the same. You can tell if it has an outline level setting by a black triangle appearing on the left when you are in the paragraph.

For more, see:

• https://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/tableofcontents.html and
• http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/TOCTips.htm