How to delete pages from a PDF
Not every page in a PDF needs to stay — blank separator sheets, an outdated cover page, or pages containing information you don't want to share all need to go before the file is finished.
How to remove pages
- Open Remove Pages.
- Upload the file.
- Select the page numbers to delete (e.g. 2, 5, 7-9).
- Download the resulting file.
Removing vs extracting
If you want to keep most of the document and remove a few pages, use Remove Pages. If you want to keep only a few specific pages, Extract Pages is faster since you specify what to keep rather than what to discard.
Double-check before sharing
After removing sensitive pages, open the result and confirm the pages are actually gone — don't assume from the page count alone, since a miscounted range can leave the wrong pages in.
A note on privacy
When removing pages specifically to keep sensitive content out of a shared copy, always reopen the result and check every page before sending — a miscounted page range is an easy mistake, and the consequence of leaving a sensitive page in is worse than the extra thirty seconds of checking.
Related tools
If you actually want to keep only a few specific pages rather than remove several, Extract Pages does the reverse operation and is often faster to specify. Once pages are removed, Compress PDF can shrink the resulting smaller file further.
Working with very long documents
For a document running to hundreds of pages, note down the exact page numbers to remove before starting, rather than trying to remember them while working through the interface — a written list avoids an easy off-by-one mistake in a long range.
