Delete a single page from a PDF
A cover sheet you don’t want to send. A duplicate scan. A page with someone else’s details on it. Most of the time the job is one page, and the rest of the document should stay exactly as it is.
What deleting a page actually produces
Delete PDF Pages never edits the file you opened. It saves a new PDF: the same document, minus the pages you marked, with every remaining page in its original order. Text that was selectable stays selectable, page sizes and rotation stay the same, and the original file on your device is not changed.
Marking the page
Open the PDF and every page appears as a numbered thumbnail. Tap the page you want gone. It stays in the grid, dimmed, with a − badge and the words To delete under its number — nothing has been removed yet. Tap it again and the mark comes off.
The numbers never shift while you work. Page 7 is still page 7 after you mark page 3, so you can always find your way back.
If you already know the number, type it in Pages to delete and press Apply.
Check before you save
The line under the field says what will happen: 1 page to delete · 11 will remain. The button says it too: Delete 1 page. If either one surprises you, look at the grid before you press anything.
To see a page large, use the magnifier on its thumbnail. The preview has its own Mark for deletion button, so you can decide without going back.
When the button won’t save
Two situations stop the save, and both are explained on screen:
- Every page is marked. A PDF needs at least one page, so at least one has to remain.
- The marked page has form data. Removing a page that holds form fields does not guarantee that the field values are gone from the file, so Delete PDF Pages won’t save that selection. Unmark that page; form fields on other pages don’t block anything.
Doing it in Delete PDF Pages
- Open the PDF. It stays on your device.
- Tap the page you want to remove, or type its number.
- Read the summary line, then press Delete 1 page.
The new file is named after the original with -pages-removed at the end, so the two never get mixed up.