Delete Pages from a PDF
Drop a PDF, click the page thumbnails to mark them for deletion (or type a range like 1,3-5,8), and download the trimmed file. Useful for removing a duplicate cover page, a blank verso, or an internal-only appendix before sharing.
Drop your PDF file here
Click pages below to mark them for deletion
When to use this tool
Reach for it when you only want a handful of pages gone — a blank page from the scanner, a duplicate cover, an exhibit you don't need to share. For more elaborate page surgery (rearranging large sections, building a "best-of" from many files), reorder pages or extract pages are usually faster.
How to delete pages from a PDF
- Drop one PDF. The page grid renders thumbnails so you can pick visually.
- Click pages to mark them. Selected pages get a highlight; click again to unselect.
- Or type a range like
2,5-7,12in the box below. Typed range and click-selected pages are merged. - Click "Delete & download". The output keeps every page except the ones you marked.
FAQ
What if I delete every page?
The tool refuses to save an empty PDF — you'll see an error. Unselect at least one page.
Does deleting renumber the rest?
Page numbers as you see them in a viewer renumber automatically. If you have a page-numbers stamp baked into the page content, those numbers are part of the page image and won't change.
Are my files uploaded?
Never — this runs entirely in your browser via pdf-lib and pdf.js. See the privacy policy.
How do I delete a range of pages, like 5 to 20?
Type 5-20. You can mix single pages and ranges in one go — 1,4,7-9,15 — and the order you type them in does not matter.
How do I delete the last page without counting?
Drop the file and the page count appears next to the thumbnails, so the last page number is on screen. Clicking thumbnails is the faster route when you are removing scattered pages.
Is anything else in the file changed?
Only the page tree. Metadata, attachments and form structure are left alone, and the remaining pages are copied without being re-rendered, so quality and file size per page are unchanged.
What happens to links pointing at a deleted page?
They break — an internal link whose target no longer exists simply does nothing. Bookmarks to deleted pages behave the same way.
Related PDF tools
- Remove Blank PDF Pages — Delete blank pages by ink coverage.
- Merge PDF — Stitch multiple PDFs into one document, bookmarks intact.
- Split PDF — Chop a PDF into single pages or ranges.
- Split PDF by Bookmarks — One file per chapter, named from the outline.
- Extract PDF Pages — Grab a subset of pages into a new file.
- Insert PDF Pages — Put one PDF inside another, at a position.