Delete PDF Pages
Remove unwanted pages from a PDF file. Select the pages you want to delete and download the trimmed document. Free and instant.
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Max file size: 100MB
How Page Deletion Works
Deleting pages from a PDF is a structural operation: the tool reads the PDF's page tree (defined in ISO 32000-1, the PDF 1.7 specification), removes the entries for the pages you select, and writes a new file. Bookmarks pointing at deleted pages are dropped or rebound to the nearest surviving page, depending on the source structure. Cross-references between pages, like internal links, may break if they pointed somewhere you removed.
A typical use case is a 40-page bank statement export where you only need pages 12 to 18 for an expense claim. Rather than printing and rescanning, you tick the unwanted pages, click delete, and download a clean 7-page file. The output keeps the original fonts, embedded images, and any form data that survives on the kept pages.
Files Stay on Your Device
The deletion runs entirely client-side using pdf-lib. Your PDF is read into browser memory, modified there, and offered back to you as a download. Nothing leaves your computer. That is the right model for documents you would not paste into a public uploader: tenancy agreements, medical reports, salary slips, or anything labelled confidential.
There is no realistic page-count limit, but very large files (above 100MB or so) can hit browser memory ceilings, especially on phones. If a delete operation hangs, try [Split PDF](/split-pdf) first to break the file into smaller chunks, work on each one, then [Merge PDF](/merge-pdf) the survivors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I get the deleted pages back?
Not from the new file. The pages are genuinely gone from the output PDF, not hidden. If you need a recoverable trim, keep your original document somewhere safe before deleting. The tool does not modify your source file, only the downloaded copy.
What happens to bookmarks and links pointing to deleted pages?
Bookmarks pointing to a deleted page are usually removed. Internal hyperlinks that targeted a deleted page become dead links. Links to surviving pages are renumbered automatically so they still work after the deletion.
Will this work on a scanned PDF?
Yes. A scanned PDF is just a PDF where each page is an image, so deletion works the same way. The only thing you cannot do with a scan is search inside it, since there is no extractable text. If you need searchable text, you would need OCR first, which this tool does not perform.
Why does my output file look the same size as the original?
PDFs often share resources (fonts, images, embedded files) across pages. Removing a page does not always free those shared resources. To genuinely shrink the file, follow up with a compression tool, or rasterise to images via [PDF to JPG](/pdf-to-jpg) and rebuild.
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