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Delete PDF Pages
Remove pages from a PDF — click thumbnails or type ranges, nothing uploaded.
Updated July 9, 2026
How to use the delete pdf pages
- 1Choose a PDF — thumbnails render locally.
- 2Click pages to mark them, or type ranges like 2, 5-7 and click Mark.
- 3Review — marked pages show in red.
- 4Export and download the cleaned PDF.
Common uses
- Stripping the blank pages a scanner added
- Removing a page with account details before sharing a statement
- Cutting the cover sheet and ads out of a downloaded manual
- Trimming a report down to just the relevant section
Frequently asked questions
Is the deleted content really gone, or just hidden?
Really gone. The tool builds a brand-new PDF containing only the pages you kept — deleted pages aren't flagged invisible or left in the file structure, they're simply never copied over. That distinction matters for redaction-adjacent uses: a page removed here can't be recovered from the output file.
How do I delete many pages quickly?
Type ranges into the box — '2, 5-7, 12' marks page 2, pages 5 through 7, and page 12 in one go — then click Mark. Ranges and thumbnail clicks combine freely, and clicking a marked page unmarks it if you change your mind before exporting.
Does deleting pages reduce the file size?
Usually, roughly in proportion to what you removed — deleting 10 of 20 scanned pages halves the file. Shared resources like fonts are kept once regardless. If size is the actual goal, the PDF compressor attacks it directly by re-encoding images.
Can I extract pages instead of deleting them?
Inverting your selection works: mark everything except the pages you want, and the export is effectively an extraction. For splitting a document into separate files by range, the PDF splitter is purpose-built for that.
About this tool
The delete PDF pages tool removes pages you don't want: every page shows as a thumbnail, clicking marks it for deletion, and a range box accepts shorthand like '2, 5-7' for bulk marking. The kept pages are copied intact into a fresh PDF — text stays selectable, quality untouched — and the deleted content is genuinely gone from the file, not merely hidden, which matters when you're stripping a page with sensitive details before sharing. Everything runs in your browser: bank statements, contracts, and scans never touch a server.
Like most tools on UtilityBase, the delete pdf pages runs entirely in your browser — nothing you enter is uploaded or stored on a server. It's free to use with no account required. Browse more productivity tools here.
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