Remove Pages from a PDF

Delete the pages you do not need

PDFs often carry pages nobody wants: a blank sheet the scanner picked up, a cover page, an outdated appendix, or the terms and conditions you do not need to send along with an invoice. This tool removes those pages and gives you a new PDF containing only the ones you keep.

You pick the pages visually from thumbnails, so there is no need to work out page numbers in advance. It suits anyone sending documents by email or uploading them to a portal, where shorter files are easier to read and less likely to hit an attachment limit.

How to remove pages from a PDF

1. Add the PDF. Drag it onto the upload area or click to browse. One file is processed at a time.
2. Mark pages for deletion. Under "Select Pages to Remove", click each page you want gone. Marked pages turn faded with a red border, a trash icon, and a struck-through page label.
3. Check the count. The line under the heading shows how many pages are marked, for example "Choosing 3 out of 12 pages to delete." Click a marked page again to keep it, or click "Reset" to clear every mark.
4. Download. Click the red button, which reads "Remove 1 Page" or "Remove N Pages". A new file with "-removed-pages" added to the name is saved to your device.

Your original file is never changed. If you removed the wrong page, the original is still in the folder you uploaded it from.

What happens to the remaining pages

The pages you keep are not re-rendered or compressed. Their text, images, fonts and layout are carried over as they were, so selectable text stays selectable and the quality matches the original. The pages keep their original order; the tool only takes pages out.

The new file is usually smaller than the original, though not always in proportion to the number of pages removed. Fonts and images shared between pages stay in the file as long as at least one kept page uses them. If the result is still too large for an email or upload form, run it through the Compress PDF tool afterwards.

Page sizes are not changed either. A document that mixes portrait and landscape pages keeps each page at its original size and orientation, so nothing needs fixing afterwards.

Practical uses

• Blank pages from duplex scans. Double-sided scanning of single-sided originals leaves an empty page after every sheet. Mark them and remove them in one pass.
• Sharing only what is needed. Send a client the two pages of a report that concern them instead of the full document.
• Job and university applications. Drop instruction pages from a form before submitting the filled-in part. Our PDF workflow for email submission and printing covers the rest of the preparation.
• Trimming before merging. Remove cover pages from several reports, then join them with the Merge PDF tool.

Limitations

• At least one page must remain. If every page is marked, the remove button is disabled.
• The tool deletes pages; it does not reorder them. To change the order as well, use the Organize PDF tool.
• If you want to keep a few pages as separate files rather than delete the rest, the Split PDF tool is a better fit.
• Password-protected PDFs cannot be opened for editing here. Remove the password first in the program that created the file.
• Bookmarks or internal links that pointed to removed pages may stop working in the new file.

Privacy

Online Toolsz removes the pages inside your browser. The PDF is read from your device, edited in memory and downloaded straight back. It is not uploaded to our server, so the pages you delete and the pages you keep are never seen by anyone else.

Frequently asked questions

Can I remove several pages at once?

Yes. Click as many thumbnails as you like before downloading. The button shows how many pages will be removed.

Can I undo a deletion?

Before downloading, click a marked page again or use "Reset". After downloading, the original file on your device is untouched, so you can start over from it.

Will the quality of the remaining pages change?

No. Kept pages are copied as they are, without re-compression, so text and images look the same as before.

Why can I not remove all pages?

A PDF needs at least one page to be valid, so the tool requires you to keep one or more.

Is there a page limit?

There is no fixed limit. Very large documents simply take longer to display, especially on phones, because every page gets a thumbnail.