How to delete pages from a PDF

Step by step

1. Open the tool. Go to Remove PDF pages in your browser. There is nothing to install and no account to create.
2. Select your PDF. Click “Select PDF file” or drop a PDF onto the page. You will see a preview of every page.
3. Mark the pages to remove. Click each page you want to delete. It turns red with a check mark, and the field below the pages lists it.
4. Or type the page numbers. In the field below the pages, type numbers and ranges such as 2, 5-7. The previews update as you type.
5. Remove the pages. Click “Remove pages”. Your browser creates the new PDF on your device.
6. Download the new file. Click “Download” to save the PDF without the removed pages.
7. Check the result. Open the downloaded file and page through it before you delete or replace the original.

How to write page ranges

The field below the pages always lists the marked pages, and anything you type there updates the previews. For long documents, typing is faster than clicking.

• Single pages: separate them with commas, for example 2, 9.
• A range: use a hyphen, for example 5-7 marks pages 5, 6 and 7.
• To the end: leave the second number off, for example 10- marks page 10 through the last page.
• Mix them: 1, 4-6, 10- combines all three.

To remove the blank backs of a double-sided scan, you can mark every odd or every even page with one click instead of typing them.

Keep the original and check the result

The tool gives you a new file to download. Treat the original as your backup until you are sure the new PDF is right.

1. Save the downloaded PDF under a name you can tell apart from the original.
2. Open it and check the page count and the first and last pages.
3. Look at the pages around each spot where you removed something, to make sure you did not remove a neighbouring page by mistake.
4. If something is wrong, run the original through the tool again with corrected page numbers.

If the original had bookmarks, note that the new file will not have them. The pages themselves are copied as they are, with no loss of quality, and the file is often smaller because the removed content is not kept inside it.

When to use a different tool

You want to keep only a few pages

If you need three pages out of fifty, it is quicker to pick the pages you want than to mark everything else. Use Extract PDF pages: click the pages to keep or type ranges like 1-3, 7, choose “One PDF” or “One PDF per page”, then click “Extract pages” and download. Your original PDF is not modified.

You also need to reorder or rotate pages

Use Organize PDF to drag pages into a new order, turn single pages with the rotate button and remove pages with the bin button, all in one go. Click “Save PDF”, then “Download”. “Reset” takes you back to the original order if you change your mind.

The PDF is password-protected

Unlock it first with Unlock PDF, then remove the pages. You need to know the password.

Tools used in this guide

• Remove PDF pages
• Extract PDF pages
• Organize PDF

Related guides

• How to extract pages from a PDF and save them as a new file
• How to split a PDF into several files
• How to reorder pages in a PDF