Delete Pages from a PDF
Name the pages you want gone — a blank insert, a cover sheet, a page of private notes — and download a clean copy of everything that is left. Free, and nothing is uploaded.
Pages are removed in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Click to choose a PDF or drag and drop it here
Then list the pages to remove
How to delete pages from a PDF
- Click the box above or drag a PDF onto it.
- Wait a moment while the tool reads the page count.
- Type the pages to remove, using commas and ranges — for example
1, 4, 9-12. - Click Delete pages.
- Your browser downloads
pages-removed.pdfcontaining everything you kept.
How it works
Deleting is really keeping in disguise. Rather than cutting pages out of your file — which can leave a PDF in an odd state — the tool inverts your list: it figures out every page you did not name, copies those into a brand-new document in their original order, and downloads it. The page you wanted gone simply never makes it into the copy. Whatever survives is copied byte for byte, so text stays selectable and images keep their resolution. It all happens in the browser, leaving your original file exactly as it was on disk.
When deleting pages is the right tool
Reach for this when most of a document is worth keeping and only a few pages need to go: a blank separator page between scanned sections, a cover sheet or fax header you do not want to send on, a page of internal notes that should not be shared, or duplicate pages from a sloppy scan. Because you describe what to remove rather than what to keep, it is the quickest path whenever the unwanted pages are the shorter list. If the opposite is true — you only want a handful of pages out of many — Extract Pages will be less typing, and for a single clean block of pages Split PDF is simpler still.
When deleting beats the alternatives
The deciding question is always: is the list of pages to throw away shorter than the list to keep? If a 40-page report just needs its blank separators and a draft cover removed, naming those four pages is far quicker than typing out the 36 you want. That is the sweet spot for deleting. The moment the keepers become the shorter list — you want pages 2, 9 and 14 out of 40 — flip to Extract Pages instead, and for one solid block at the start or end, Split PDF is fewer keystrokes still.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I say which pages to remove?
Type the page numbers separated by commas, and use a dash for ranges — for example 1, 4, 9-12. The tool deletes exactly those pages and keeps everything else.
Can I delete every page?
No, and that is on purpose. At least one page must remain, otherwise there would be no PDF to download. If you try to remove them all, the tool stops and tells you.
My PDF has page numbers printed on it — will they still match?
The printed numbers are part of each page’s content, so they stay as they were: delete page 5 and the page that read “6” still reads “6”. Only the PDF’s internal page positions close up. If you need the printed numbering to be continuous again, you would re-number it in a dedicated PDF editor.
Is my original file changed?
No. Your source PDF is left untouched. The tool builds a brand-new PDF containing only the pages you kept and downloads that.
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. Pages are removed entirely in your browser with the open-source pdf-lib library. The document never leaves your device.
What is the difference between deleting and extracting pages?
Deleting keeps everything except the pages you name — handy when you want most of the document. Extracting does the opposite: it keeps only the pages you name. Pick whichever describes the smaller list.