Delete PDF Pages: Everything You Need to Know

Delete Pages removes exactly the pages you specify from a PDF, leaving everything else — order, formatting, remaining page content — untouched. It builds a new document from the pages you keep rather than editing the original in place, so there's nothing destructive about the process.

Step-by-step: removing pages

1. Upload the PDF you want to trim.
2. Enter the pages to delete — a mix of numbers and ranges, like "2, 4-6".
3. Preview the remaining pages to confirm the result is correct.
4. Download the trimmed file.

Your original file is never touched

Because the tool works on a copy loaded into your browser's memory and writes a brand-new file for download, your original PDF on disk is never modified. If you make a mistake with the page selection, simply re-upload the original and try again — there's no risk of losing content from the source file.

Entering page numbers correctly

Mix individual page numbers and ranges with commas: "2, 5-8, 10" deletes page 2, pages 5 through 8, and page 10, keeping everything else. Double-check page numbers against the actual document — page numbers printed on the page itself (like a cover page offsetting the numbering) don't always match the PDF's physical page position.

Troubleshooting

• "I deleted the wrong pages." Re-upload your original file — since it was never modified, you can simply start over with the correct page numbers.
• "The page numbers don't match what I expected." Count by physical position in the PDF, not by any page numbers printed on the pages themselves, which can be offset by a cover page or front matter.
• "I need to keep specific pages rather than delete others." Extract Pages does the inverse — specify what to keep instead of what to remove.

Ready to trim a document? Open the free Delete PDF Pages tool.