How do I remove pages from a PDF?
To remove pages from a PDF, upload it to FixDoks's Remove PDF Pages tool, tap the thumbnails of the pages you want gone or type their page numbers, then click Remove pages. The remaining pages keep their original order and quality, and the process runs entirely in your browser, without a server upload.
Remove PDF Pages at a glance
| Input | One PDF file |
|---|---|
| Output | PDF without the marked pages |
| Processing | In your browser; your files are not uploaded |
| Price | Free, no watermark |
| Download | Free Google sign-in |
| Works on | Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone |
How to use Remove PDF Pages
- Click Select PDF file to upload your document.
- Tap the thumbnails of the pages you want gone; each one gets marked with a red cross, or type the page numbers to delete.
- Check the thumbnail strip to confirm only the right pages are marked.
- Click Remove pages and download the PDF, now without those pages.
Deleting pages instead of picking pages
Remove PDF pages works the opposite way to extracting: instead of choosing which pages to keep, you mark the ones you want gone, and everything else stays in the file, in its original order. This is usually the quicker route when there are only a few unwanted pages in an otherwise long document, since you mark two or three pages instead of listing the dozens you want to keep.
Tap or type
Tapping a thumbnail marks that page for deletion with a red cross over it, and tapping again undoes the mark, so it's easy to correct a mistake before removing anything. If you already know the page numbers, typing them directly, for example "3, 7, 12", is faster than scrolling through a long thumbnail strip. Both approaches can be combined in the same session.
What stays the same
Pages you don't mark keep their original content, text and image quality untouched. Nothing is re-compressed. The pages that remain simply shift up to fill the gap left by the removed ones, so a 20-page PDF with 3 pages removed becomes a 17-page PDF.
Why you can't delete every page
A PDF needs at least one page to be a valid file, so the tool will not let you mark every single page for deletion. If you find yourself wanting to keep only one or two pages out of many, it's often quicker to switch to extract PDF pages and choose the pages you want to keep instead.
Typical uses
| Situation | Why remove pages |
|---|---|
| Scanned document has a blank or duplicate page | Clean it up before sending |
| A contract's terms page changed and needs replacing | Remove the old page, then insert the new one with organize PDF |
| An old cover page or watermark page no longer needed | Delete it without touching the rest of the document |
Common problems
- Can't mark the last remaining page. This is by design; a PDF cannot be emptied entirely. Keep at least one page marked as kept.
- Wrong page removed by mistake. Tap the thumbnail again to unmark it before clicking remove, since nothing changes until you download.
- File is protected. A password or permission-locked PDF must be unlocked first at unlock PDF before pages can be removed.
If you also need to reorder or rotate the pages that remain, do that afterwards with organize PDF, which lets you drag pages into a new order and insert blank pages where needed. And if it turns out you'd rather keep a small set of pages instead of deleting the rest one by one, extract PDF pages flips the approach around.