Delete PDF Pages
Remove the pages you don't need and download a clean copy — reorder and rotate too.
Drop your PDF here, or click to select
Single PDF file · Max 100MB
Remove pages from a PDF — properly, not cosmetically
Blank scanner pages, the fax cover sheet, the "intentionally left blank" page, chapter drafts that shouldn't ship, the one page with someone else's data on it. Whatever the reason, deleting pages from a PDF should mean the pages are gone — not hidden, not flagged, not recoverable by the recipient. That's exactly what this tool does.
How deletion works here
Every page of your PDF loads as a thumbnail in a visual grid. Click the delete icon on a page and it disappears from the grid, with the remaining pages renumbering live. When you hit Save, the server builds a brand-new document by importing only the pages still in the grid — removed pages are simply never written to the output. There is no "deleted but still embedded" state, which matters when the reason you're removing a page is that someone shouldn't see it.
Two properties fall out of that design:
- Your original file is never touched. You download a new copy; the source on your device remains intact as the backup. Deleted the wrong page? Re-upload and redo — nothing is committed until you save.
- The file usually gets smaller, roughly in proportion to the content removed. Fonts and images shared with surviving pages are kept (they're still needed), so the saving isn't perfectly linear. Follow up with [Compress PDF](/compress-pdf) if size is the goal.
More than deleting
The same grid supports the two things you almost always want to do in the same pass:
- Drag pages to reorder — fix a back-to-front scan while you're removing its blank sides.
- Rotate individual pages — a sideways page gets a one-click 90° fix that's saved permanently into the output.
If reordering is your main job rather than a side-effect, the identical workspace lives at [Organize PDF](/organize-pdf).
Delete pages, or extract them?
Two mirror-image operations, and picking the right one saves clicks:
- Deleting keeps most of the document and drops a few pages — right when the unwanted pages are the exception.
- Extracting keeps a few pages and drops most of the document — right when you only need, say, the signature page of a 90-page agreement. That's [Extract Pages](/extract-pdf).
- Need every page, but as separate files? That's [Split PDF](/split-pdf).
A note on sensitive content
Deleting a page removes that page's content stream from the output entirely — appropriate when a whole page shouldn't exist. But if the sensitive material is part of a page (a paragraph, an account number), deleting the page loses the rest of it too; cover the region with a black redaction box in [Edit PDF](/edit-pdf) instead, which stamps the mask into the page image on save.
Files up to 100 MB are processed over HTTPS and deleted from the server after processing — the only copy of your trimmed PDF is the one you download.
How it works
- Upload your PDF to load every page as a thumbnail.
- Click the delete icon on each page you want to remove.
- Optionally drag the remaining pages to reorder, or rotate them.
- Click Save and download the PDF without the deleted pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the deleted content really gone from the file?
Yes. The output is built by importing only the pages you kept into a brand-new document — removed pages aren't hidden or flagged, they simply don't exist in the downloaded file. That makes this safe for removing pages you don't want recipients to recover.
Does deleting pages change my original file?
No. The file on your device is never modified — you download a new copy with the pages removed, and the original stays intact as your backup.
Can I delete several pages at once?
Yes — click the delete icon on each unwanted thumbnail and the grid updates live, with the remaining pages renumbering as you go. You can also drag pages to reorder and rotate them in the same pass before saving.
I deleted the wrong page — can I undo it?
Before saving, just re-upload the file to start over — nothing is committed until you click Save. After downloading, your untouched original is still on your device, so redo the deletion from that.
Will removing pages make the file smaller?
Usually yes, roughly in proportion to the content removed. Fonts and images shared by remaining pages are kept, so the saving isn't always linear — run the result through Compress PDF if you need it smaller still.