Delete pages from a PDF
Drop the pages you do not want and download the rest as a new document. Your file is never uploaded.
Drop a PDF here or click to choose
Pages removed on your device — never uploaded
How to remove pages from a PDF
- Drop your PDF into the box above, or click it to pick a file.
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Check the page count shown next to the file name, then type the pages
to remove — single numbers, ranges, or both:
2, 5-7. - Press Remove pages. The result line tells you how many pages were removed and how many are left.
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Download the new file. It keeps the original name with a
-removedsuffix, soreport.pdfbecomesreport-removed.pdf.
Writing the page list
| You type | Pages removed | Pages left |
|---|---|---|
1 | The cover page only | 2–10 |
2, 5-7 | Page 2 and pages 5 to 7 | 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10 |
8-10 | The last three pages | 1–7 |
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 | The blank backs of a double-sided scan | 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 |
Why delete pages in the browser?
People remove pages for a reason: a salary line in a bank statement, an address on a scanned form, an internal appendix that should not go to the client. Uploading that document to a stranger’s server to strip one page defeats the purpose — the page you wanted to keep private is the first thing that leaves your machine.
shrink.run never sends it. Your browser reads the PDF with the open-source pdf-lib library, copies only the pages you keep into a new document, and hands you the download. The removed pages are never written into the output, so there is nothing left behind to recover — and no server that could have logged the original.
Frequently asked questions
Are my PDFs uploaded to a server?
No. The pages are removed entirely in your browser with the open-source pdf-lib library. Your document never leaves your device — which is the point when the page you are deleting is the one with the private details on it.
Can the deleted pages be recovered from the new file?
No. The result is built by copying the pages you keep into a brand new PDF, so the removed pages are simply never written. Nothing is hidden or merely marked invisible the way a black rectangle drawn over text would be.
Does removing pages make the file smaller?
Usually yes, roughly in proportion to what you removed — scanned pages are heavy, so dropping three of ten scans can cut a third off the size. Text-only pages weigh very little, and shared resources such as embedded fonts stay in the file, so the saving can be smaller than you expect.
How do I delete blank pages?
Open the PDF in any viewer, note the numbers of the blank sheets, then type them here as a list — for example "4, 9, 15". Blank backs of double-sided scans are the most common case, and they are often every second page.
What happens to the page numbers after deletion?
The pages that remain are renumbered in the PDF itself, so a ten-page document with pages 3 and 4 removed becomes an eight-page document. Page numbers printed on the pages themselves are part of the image or text and do not change — the sheet marked "5" still says "5".
Do the ranges refer to the original numbering?
Yes. Everything you type refers to the document as it is now, counted from page 1, so you never have to guess how earlier deletions shifted things. Removing "2, 5-7" from a ten-page PDF always leaves pages 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10.
Will the remaining pages keep their quality?
Yes. Kept pages are copied exactly as they are, with no re-rendering or recompression — text stays sharp and searchable, images stay untouched, and links inside the kept pages keep working.