1Upload the PDF documents you want pages taken out of.
2Pick the pages by number, by range or by clicking thumbnails — you can mix ranges and single pages in one request.
3Apply the deletion; the remaining structure is re-linked and resources only the removed pages used are garbage-collected.
4Download the shorter PDF file, and keep your original, because a deletion cannot be undone from the output.
Delete PDF Pages FAQ
How does Delete PDF Pages remove pages?
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Concretely, the selected pages are removed from the page tree and the remaining objects are re-linked, so the output is a clean document rather than one with gaps — and orphaned resources are garbage-collected, which usually shrinks it. The result is a clean document that behaves as though the removed pages were never there.
How do I specify which pages to remove?
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By number, by range, or by clicking thumbnails. Ranges and individual pages can be mixed in one request, and "all even" or "all odd" covers the duplex-scan case in one go.
Does the format affect page removal?
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It does. PDF fixes the page: fonts, vectors, raster images and text coordinates are frozen so every reader sees identical layout. Removing a page cleanly depends on how the format links pages to the resources they use.
Anything specific to PDF here?
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Yes — a PDF is an object graph, not a page image, so text stays selectable and vectors stay sharp no matter what happens to the raster content inside it. Worth knowing about what is left behind.
Does the file get smaller?
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Usually yes, and often by more than the page count suggests, because resources only the deleted pages referenced — images, embedded fonts — become unreachable and are garbage-collected rather than carried along as dead weight.
Can I get the deleted pages back?
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Not from the output; deletion is not reversible. Keep the original, or split the pages you want to set aside into their own file first instead of deleting them.
What can I upload to Delete PDF Pages?
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Any standard PDF, including ones produced by a scanner, by a word processor or by a print driver. Files with an owner password that only restricts editing are handled; files that need a user password to open are not, and we do not attempt to break encryption.
Is there a file size limit on Delete PDF Pages?
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Yes: free accounts process documents up to 25 MB each, which covers most reports and contracts but not a long scanned document at 600 DPI; Ghostscript and qpdf do the work. Scanned PDFs are the usual thing that exceeds it, and compressing the document first is normally enough to bring it back under.
Will Delete PDF Pages lower the quality of my PDF documents?
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Text and vector artwork are objects rather than pixels, so they stay perfectly sharp at any zoom no matter what happens. Only the embedded raster images can degrade, and only if the operation you chose resamples them.
Can I run Delete PDF Pages on several PDF documents at once?
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Yes — upload the set and they process in parallel under one set of settings, which is the point of doing a document workflow here rather than clicking through a desktop reader.
Do bookmarks, links and form fields survive?
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Outlines, internal links and annotations are preserved wherever the operation allows it. Digital signatures are the exception: any change to the file necessarily invalidates a signature, because that is precisely what a signature is for.
Does Delete PDF Pages cost anything?
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No. Delete PDF Pages is free without an account, and nothing is stamped onto the pages. Uploaded documents are deleted from the workers shortly after the job completes.
