Free web tool
Delete pages from a PDF
Type the pages you want gone, check the count that will remain, and download the trimmed PDF. Runs entirely in your browser — no signup, no watermark, and the file never leaves your device.
The short answer
To delete pages from a PDF, open it in a page-removal tool, type the pages you want to drop (single pages and ranges, like 2, 7-9), and download the new file. A browser-based tool does this locally without uploading the document, and the removed pages are genuinely gone from the output rather than just hidden from view.
How this works
Add your PDF
Drag it in or click to browse. The page count appears immediately so you can see what you're working with.
Type the pages to remove
Single pages and ranges, comma-separated — 2, 7-9 drops page 2 and pages 7 through 9. A running count shows how many pages will survive.
Download the trimmed PDF
The new file is built locally with those pages removed and the rest in their original order.
Why on-device matters here
Deleting pages is very often a confidentiality task — stripping salary details before sharing a contract, removing a personal page from a medical record, cutting an internal appendix out of a report. Uploading the untrimmed original to an unknown server is precisely the risk you were trying to avoid.
This tool does the work in your browser with pdf-lib. Your file is read into memory, edited, and handed back — no request ever carries it off your machine. Open your browser's Network tab if you want to verify that yourself.
Frequently asked questions
How do I delete a page from a PDF for free?
Drop the file in above, type the page number, and download. There's no signup, no watermark, and no daily cap. Most "free" online page removers either watermark the output or stop you after one or two files.
Are the deleted pages really gone, or just hidden?
Really gone. The tool builds a new PDF without those page objects, rather than marking them invisible. This matters if you're removing pages for confidentiality — a hidden page can still be recovered from the file, a removed one cannot.
How do I write which pages to delete?
Comma-separated single pages and ranges. "3" drops page 3. "2, 7-9" drops page 2 and pages 7, 8 and 9. Pages count from 1, matching what your PDF reader displays.
Can I delete all the pages?
No — a PDF has to keep at least one page to be a valid file, so the tool blocks that with a clear message. If you want the document gone entirely, delete the file rather than emptying it.
Does deleting pages renumber the rest?
The remaining pages keep their original order and get sequential positions in the new file. Any page numbers printed into the page content — headers, footers, stamps — are part of the artwork and won't renumber themselves. Use a page-numbering tool afterwards if you need them redone.
Does my PDF get uploaded to a server?
No. Everything runs in your browser tab with pdf-lib. You can watch the Network tab while you click Delete and see that nothing is transmitted. Since page removal is often about stripping confidential pages before sharing, uploading the original to a stranger's server would rather defeat the purpose.
Will the file get smaller?
Usually, though not always in proportion. Removing a page drops the objects only that page used, but shared resources — embedded fonts, a logo repeated on every page — stay in the file. Removing 5 of 50 pages typically saves less than 10% unless those pages carried large images.
Can I remove pages from a password-protected PDF?
Not here. Encrypted PDFs are rejected with an explanation rather than producing broken output. Remove the password first in Preview (macOS) or Adobe Reader, then come back. We deliberately don't try to bypass encryption.
What if I want to keep pages instead of deleting them?
Use the split tool's "Extract specific pages" mode — it's the same operation described from the other direction. If you're keeping fewer pages than you're dropping, extracting is usually less typing.
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