Delete pages from a PDF
Pick a PDF, name the pages you want gone: "2, 5-7", and download what is left. It all runs in this tab, so the document never touches a server, which matters when it is a contract, a bank statement or a scan.
How to use it
- Choose the PDF. Every page appears as a numbered thumbnail, so you can see what you are removing before you remove it.
- Tap the pages to lose, or type their numbers like 2, 5-9, then press the delete button in the bar. Undo puts them back if you mis-tap.
- Press Download without the deleted pages. The pages that stay are copied untouched, so quality and selectable text survive.
Deleting pages and extracting pages solve different problems
Both end with fewer pages, but the arithmetic runs in opposite directions. Deleting is right when the unwanted pages are the short list: the blank separator sheets a duplex scanner inserted, an internal cover, an appendix nobody outside the company needs. Naming "2, 5-7" takes a moment, whereas naming every page you wanted to keep out of a 40-page file does not.
Extraction is right when the wanted pages are the short list, and it produces new documents rather than a shorter one. The other difference is the output. Deleting always hands back a single file with its original sequence and structure otherwise intact, which is what you want when the result is still the same document: a report going out with its draft pages pulled, rather than one chapter being lifted away from it.
What the remaining pages do not notice
The kept pages are copied across untouched, and that includes everything printed on them. Folios drawn into the page content do not recalculate, so a document can read 1, 2, 3 and then jump to 8. A contents page still lists sections at the page numbers they used to occupy. Bookmarks and internal links that pointed at a removed page have nowhere to land, and those pointing past it now resolve to the wrong sheet.
The file does not shrink in proportion either. Fonts, colour profiles and any image used on more than one page are shared across the document, and whatever the survivors still need is still carried, so deleting half a 30-page report rarely halves its size. If the trimmed version is going to be printed or circulated, renumber it afterwards: page numbers are the last step, not the first.
Questions
Is my PDF uploaded to edit it?
No. The pages are removed by JavaScript inside your browser, so the file never leaves your device. Most free "delete PDF pages" sites upload your document to a server first.
How do I name the pages to delete?
Commas for single pages and hyphens for spans: "2, 5-7" removes pages 2, 5, 6 and 7. The pages you do not name are kept exactly as they were.
Do the kept pages lose quality or their text?
No. The remaining pages are copied across untouched, not re-rendered, so text stays selectable and images are unchanged.
Can it edit a password-protected PDF?
No. Unlock it in your PDF reader first, an encrypted file cannot be opened without its password.