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Delete PDF Pages

Delete pages from a PDF in your browser — name the pages to remove and download the rest, copied losslessly. Processed entirely on your device, never uploaded. Runs entirely in your browser — your numbers never leave this device.

Choose a PDF
Click to browse, or drag and drop a file here — it never leaves your device.

No PDF yet. Choose one above, then type the pages to remove — the download is a copy with those pages deleted; your original file is never changed.

How it works

Output pages = original page count − number of distinct pages named for deletion | A surviving page's new number = its old number − the count of deleted pages before it

Your file is processed entirely in your browser and never uploaded: it is opened in memory on your own device, a new document is assembled from the pages you did not name, and that document is offered back as a download. No copy of the file reaches a server at any point, and the tool works offline once the page has loaded. Surviving pages are copied structurally, not re-rendered, so their text, vectors, sizes and rotations are exactly as they were — deletion removes pages and changes nothing else.

You name the pages to remove as individual pages and ranges, such as “3, 7-8” in a 12-page file: that names pages 3, 7 and 8, three pages in total, so the output has 12 − 3 = 9 pages. Everything after a deleted page moves up: with pages 3, 7 and 8 removed, the old page 9 (which had three deleted pages before it) becomes the new page 6. The tool reports the original page count and the resulting count so the arithmetic can be checked before downloading.

Deletion is permanent in the output file — this is not hiding or covering pages, the page objects are simply not copied — so keep your original if there is any chance you will want them back. Typical jobs are removing a blank page a scanner inserted, a cover sheet, or the blank backs of a duplex scan. To keep only a few pages instead, Split PDF is the shorter specification: it names what to keep, this tool names what to drop.

Worked examples

Removing a cover and two blanks

Input
A 12-page PDF, delete “1, 5, 9”
Working
Three distinct pages are named: 12 − 3 = 9 pages survive. Old page 2 becomes new page 1; old page 10, with three deletions before it, becomes new page 7.
Result
One PDF of exactly 9 pages

Removing a range

Input
A 20-page PDF, delete “18-20” (an unwanted appendix)
Working
The range names 20 − 18 + 1 = 3 pages. Output = 20 − 3 = 17 pages, ending at the old page 17.
Result
One PDF of exactly 17 pages

The duplex-scan cleanup

Input
A 16-page scan where every even page is a blank back, delete “2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16”
Working
Eight pages are named: 16 − 8 = 8 pages survive — exactly the eight printed fronts, in their original order.
Result
One PDF of exactly 8 pages

Frequently asked questions

Is my PDF uploaded to delete pages from it?

No. The file is opened and rebuilt entirely inside your browser; it never leaves your device, is never stored or logged, and the tool works with the network disconnected.

Can deleted pages be recovered from the output file?

No — they are not in it. Deletion here means the pages are not copied into the new document, not that they are hidden or covered. Keep your original file if you may need the pages again.

Does deleting pages change the quality of the rest?

No. Surviving pages are copied structurally with their text layer, vectors, page size and rotation intact. Nothing is re-rendered.

What if I name the same page twice, like “3, 3-5”?

A page can only be removed once; the count that matters is the number of distinct pages named. “3, 3-5” names pages 3, 4 and 5 — three pages — and the output count is the original minus three.

How do the page numbers work after deletion?

Pages renumber consecutively from 1 in the output: a surviving page's new number is its old number minus how many deleted pages came before it. Printed page numbers that are part of a page's content (for example in a footer) are content, not structure, and do not change — restamp with Add Page Numbers to PDF only on a copy whose pages carry no printed numbers.

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