I need to delete pages from a PDF
Blank scan pages, an extra appendix, a page you can't share, remove them and export a clean PDF.
To drop pages from a PDF, use a delete/extract pages tool: select the pages to remove (or the ones to keep) and export a trimmed file. Our tools do this in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. It's how you strip a blank scan page, cut a confidential section, or keep just the pages a form asks for.
4 tools for this
Each one is free, private and runs in your browser. No sign-up, no watermark.
Delete PDF Pages
Remove pages from a PDF by ticking them on a thumbnail grid (blank sheets, drafts, duplicates) then download the trimmed file. Free and 100% in your browser.
Extract PDF Pages
Hand-pick the exact pages you want and save them as a brand-new PDF. Multi-select from live thumbnails, then download: free and 100% in your browser.
Split PDF
Break one PDF into several smaller files. Split every page out, or carve out custom page ranges. Free, fast and entirely in your browser.
Merge PDF
Combine multiple PDF files into a single document, drag to set the order, then download. Free, fast and entirely in your browser.
How to fix it
Follow these steps and you'll have it sorted in a couple of minutes.
- 1
Open the Delete Pages tool
Drop the PDF in. It renders in your browser, no upload involved.
- 2
Select what to remove
Tick the pages to delete. To do the opposite, use Extract Pages to keep only the ones you want.
- 3
Review the result
Check the remaining pages are the right ones and in the right order.
- 4
Download the trimmed PDF
Export the smaller file. Removing pages also shrinks the size, which helps with upload limits.
- Deleting by eye and removing the wrong page: double-check page numbers against the preview first.
- Assuming a 'deleted' page is unrecoverable from the original. Keep a copy if you might need it back.
- Removing pages one file at a time when Split PDF would separate a big document faster.
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- I need to combine several PDFs into oneApplications and submissions often want a single PDF. Merge your files in the right order, in seconds, without any software.
- My PDF is too largeUpload limits are usually 2MB, 5MB or 10MB. The steps to get any PDF safely under the line without wrecking the quality.
- I need to add page numbers to a PDFReports, contracts and dissertations usually need numbered pages. Add them in seconds without Acrobat.
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