PDFDrawerDelete pages from a PDF
To delete pages from a PDF, drop the file above and list the pages to remove — for example, deleting 1, 4-5 from an 8-page scan leaves a clean 5-page PDF with pages 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8, and the original file stays untouched on your device.
Page numbers start at 1. You can't remove every page — a PDF needs at least one.
🔒 Your files never leave your device. This tool runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a server, so the document you open is the only copy that ever exists.
How it works
- Drop the PDF into the box above.
- List the pages to remove — singles and ranges, like 1, 4-5.
- Click Delete pages and download the cleaned file.
About this tool
Every long scan collects stowaways: the blank back of a duplex page, the scanner's cover sheet, a duplicate someone fed through twice, the appendix nobody asked for. Deleting pages is the cleanup pass. Name the pages to remove and the tool rebuilds the document from everything else, in order, at full original quality — then you send the lean version and keep your untouched original as the archive copy.
The rebuild is a copy, not an edit: the surviving pages are transferred exactly as they were, with text, images and links intact, and the source file is never written to. That matters when the file is evidence, a signed original or the only copy — you can experiment freely, because the worst outcome is a result you delete and redo.
Removing pages is also the simplest way to shrink a document before sharing: dropping a 20-page appendix of scanned images can cut a file's size dramatically. If the cleaned file is still too heavy to email, Compress PDF takes it further. And if you removed a page by mistake, Extract Pages on the original gets it back.
Frequently asked questions
Can I undo a deletion?
The original file is never changed, so nothing needs undoing — just run the tool again on the original with a corrected list.
Can I delete every page?
No — a PDF must contain at least one page, and the tool will stop you before producing an empty file.
Does deleting pages shrink the file size?
Often, yes — especially when the removed pages hold large scanned images. For further shrinking, use Compress PDF.
How do I find the page numbers to delete?
Open the PDF in any reader and count from the first page as page 1 — most readers show the current page number as you scroll.
Is the original modified in any way?
No. It is opened read-only; the download is a new file.