Free Delete Pages from PDF

Remove specific pages or ranges from your PDF — instantly, no upload, no account.

Deleting pages removes unwanted content — cover pages you do not want to share, confidential appendices, blank pages from scanning, or sections that should not be in the distributed version. Enter the page numbers or ranges to remove, and the remaining pages download as a clean new PDF. The original file is never modified.

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Click to select or drag & drop your PDF here

How it works

1

Open your PDF

The page count appears once the file has been read.

2

Name the pages to remove

Individual pages or ranges. Everything else is kept as it is.

3

Download what is left

A new document without those pages, renumbered automatically.

When Should You Delete PDF Pages?

One caution about what deletion does and does not remove. The pages disappear from the document structure, but anything that referenced them stays behind: a table of contents still lists them, internal links still point at them, and page numbers drawn onto the remaining pages keep their original values. If the document had any of those, check them after deleting rather than assuming remove the unwanted pages in seconds.

Enter the page numbers to remove as a comma-separated list (e.g. "2,5,7") or use ranges (e.g. "3-6"). The remaining pages download as a clean new PDF in their original order.

Deleting Pages Versus Redacting Content

Removing pages here rebuilds the document from the pages you kept: the retained page objects are copied into a new file and a fresh page tree is written. The deleted pages, and any objects only they referenced, are not carried over. They are genuinely absent from the output rather than hidden.

This distinction matters for anything sensitive. Some tools "remove" a page by marking it invisible or by appending an incremental update that hides it, which leaves the original bytes recoverable in the file. That is not what happens here — the discarded pages are never written to the new document. What this tool does not do is redact content within a page you keep. Drawing a black rectangle over a paragraph in any PDF editor hides it visually while leaving the text extractable underneath; deleting the whole page is the reliable way to remove it.

Because a valid PDF must contain at least one page, you cannot delete every page. Bookmarks that pointed at removed pages are dropped, and links whose target no longer exists become inert. If you need to check what you are removing before committing, open the file in any viewer alongside this tool and note the page numbers — numbering here starts at 1 and matches what your viewer displays.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — free, no account, no file size limits.
Yes — use comma-separated numbers (1,3,5) or ranges (2-4), or combine them (1,3-5,8).
No. All processing runs locally in your browser.
Always keep a copy of your original. The tool downloads a new file — your original is untouched.
No — at least one page must remain for a valid PDF.
Page numbers outside the valid range are ignored. You will receive the PDF with only the valid deletions applied.
Not within the tool — always keep a copy of your original PDF before deleting pages. The tool downloads a new file; your original is never modified.
Yes — enter a comma-separated list such as 1,3,7 or combine with ranges like 1-3,7,10-12.
The tool does not show a visual preview. To preview, use a PDF viewer to check page numbers before entering them. The original file is never modified — the tool downloads a new file.