What this does

Drop in a PDF and every page is laid out in front of you. Click the ones you want gone — or type their numbers, if you already know them — and download what's left. The pages you keep are copied across whole, so the file that comes back is the same document minus the pages you took out.

Nothing is uploaded. The PDF is read, edited and written entirely inside this page, which matters here more than on most tools: the pages people delete are the ones they don't want anyone else to see. A bank statement with an account number on the cover, a contract with a signature page, a scan that caught the wrong document — the whole reason for removing a page is that it's sensitive, and every online tool that isn't doing the work locally has just been handed the thing you were trying to get rid of.

How to use it

Click a page to mark it for removal, and click it again to change your mind. Marked pages are struck through and greyed out, so you can see the document you're about to get before you get it.
Type the numbers if the pages are known: 2, 5-7 removes four pages. Typing and clicking stay in step — type a range and the tiles update, click a tile and the box does.
Odd and Even mark every odd or even page at once. This is the one for a double-sided scan that picked up a blank back on every sheet.

The line above the button says exactly how many pages are going and how many are left. Nothing is generated until you press it.

What happens to the pages you keep

They're copied whole, with the fonts, images and annotations they depend on — nothing is re-rendered, re-compressed or flattened into a picture. Text stays selectable and searchable, vector artwork stays sharp, and the file size stays proportional to what's left.

What doesn't come across is the document's metadata. The file this produces is created fresh, with no title, author, producer or creation date carried over and none invented — so a document you've just cleaned up doesn't quietly bring its original author's name and your local timestamp with it. Bookmarks and the document outline are left behind too, since the structure they point at no longer exists once pages have gone.

Removing, extracting and splitting

These are one operation seen from three angles, and which tool you want depends on which way round you're thinking. Removing keeps everything except what you clicked. Extracting keeps only what you clicked. Splitting keeps every page and shares them between several files. If you're deleting a handful of pages from a long document, this is the one — clicking three pages beats clicking the other ninety-seven.

Is it private?

Yes, and you can check. The editing is done by JavaScript in this page; your PDF is never sent anywhere, and there's no server on the other end to send it to. Open your browser's network panel while you use it, or disconnect from the internet once the page has loaded — it carries on working.

Frequently asked questions

How big a PDF can it handle?

It's limited by your device's memory rather than an upload cap, so files in the tens of megabytes are fine. Page previews are drawn only as you scroll to them, so a 400-page document doesn't have to render 400 images before you can do anything.

Can I remove every page?

No — a PDF with no pages isn't a document, so the button stays off until at least one page is staying. If you want nothing from a file, you don't need a tool.

It says my PDF is protected.

Encrypted PDFs can't be edited without the password, and that includes files with an owner password that only restricts printing or copying. Open it in a reader that can unlock it, save an unprotected copy, and use that.

Can I get the removed pages back?

Not from the file this produces — they're gone from it, which is the point. Your original is untouched on your device, so nothing is lost. If what you actually wanted was the removed pages, Extract Pages hands you those instead.