Remove Pages
Click on pages to select them for removal.
How It Works
Upload your PDF
Drop in any PDF. All pages are displayed as a thumbnail grid.
Select pages to remove
Click to select the pages you want to delete. They're highlighted for confirmation.
Download without those pages
Click Remove — the selected pages are gone. Download your trimmed PDF instantly.
Remove vs Split: Choosing the Right Tool
Two tools handle page selection differently:
- Remove Pages (this tool) — you select the pages to delete. Everything else is kept. Use this when you want to trim unwanted pages from a document you otherwise want to keep intact.
- Split PDF — you select pages to extract. The selected pages become a new document. Use this when you want to pull specific pages out into their own file.
Example: a 20-page contract with a cover page, 15 pages of terms, and 4 pages of exhibits. To share only the terms, use Split to extract pages 2–16. To remove the exhibits before archiving, use Remove Pages to delete pages 17–20.
Common Use Cases
- Remove blank pages — scanned documents often have blank reverse sides
- Remove cover pages — strip the header/cover before sharing sections
- Remove exhibits or appendices — share the main document without attachments
- Remove confidential sections — for combined redaction and page removal workflows
- Clean up merged PDFs — remove duplicate or separator pages introduced during merging
File Size Impact
Removing pages reduces file size proportionally to how much content was on those pages. A heavily image-rich page contributes much more to file size than a simple text page. If file size reduction is your goal, also consider running the result throughCompress PDF after removing pages.
Browser-Side Processing: Your Files Never Leave Your Device
Page removal runs entirely in your browser using PDF-lib. No data is uploaded to our servers. This means it works offline (after the page loads), processes instantly for small files, and is suitable for confidential documents you don't want leaving your device.
Frequently Asked Questions
No — you can remove any number of pages, including removing all but one. The only requirement is at least one page must remain.
Yes — each removed page removes its content, images, and associated data from the file. File size reduces proportionally.
The PDF internal page order updates, but any printed page numbers in the document content are not changed. Use our Page Numbers tool to add new sequential numbers after editing.
Not after download — the removal is applied when you click Remove and download. Keep a copy of your original file before removing pages.
Remove Pages deletes pages and returns the remainder. Split extracts selected pages into a new file, leaving the original intact. Use Remove to trim; use Split to extract.