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Delete pages from a PDF

Select the pages you no longer want and download a copy of the document without them.

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Delete PDF Pages

Processed locally
Drop a PDF here

or click to browse

Overrides the selection below.

A deleted page is gone from the page tree, not from the disk

Deleting pages here rebuilds the document with only the pages you kept, so the removed pages are genuinely absent from the output file — you cannot recover them by undoing a viewer action. That is stronger than what most desktop editors do when they "delete" a page and then save incrementally, appending a new page tree while leaving the old objects sitting in the file.

This distinction matters when the removed page contained something sensitive. An incrementally-saved deletion leaves the original page object intact and recoverable with a hex editor. A full rewrite does not. If you are removing a page precisely because it should not be seen, the file must be fully rewritten — which is what happens here, and what "Save As" (not "Save") does in most desktop tools.

How it works

  1. Drop in the PDF
  2. Select the pages you want to remove
  3. Click Delete pages and download the trimmed PDF
Why nothing uploads. Every operation on this page happens inside your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your file is read into memory, processed, and offered back as a download. It is never transmitted. Disconnect from the internet after this page loads and the tool keeps working.

Frequently asked questions

Is the deleted page really removed from the file?
Yes. The output is a newly written PDF containing only the pages you kept. The removed page objects are not carried over, so they cannot be recovered from the downloaded file.
Why does deleting a page in Acrobat leave the data behind?
Because a plain Save writes an incremental update — a new page tree appended to the existing file, with the old objects still present earlier in the bytes. Using Save As forces a full rewrite. This tool always rewrites.
Can I delete every page except a few?
Yes, but it is easier to invert the task and use Extract PDF Pages, which asks for the pages you want to keep rather than the ones you want gone.
What if I delete every page?
The tool blocks it. A PDF must contain at least one page to be valid, so the operation is refused rather than producing a corrupt file.
Does deleting pages reduce the file size?
Usually yes, and often by more than the page count suggests, because images and fonts only used by the removed pages are dropped too.

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