Remove Pages from a PDF File

PDF files are great for keeping the original formatting of a document, but trying to edit them can be a little aggravating. Even the simple act of deleting a page can result in frustration, since Adobe's free Reader program doesn't have any editing tools. Luckily, there are plenty of free workarounds that you can use to quickly delete pages from your PDF files.

Steps

CutePDF (Windows)

  1. Download CutePDF. This is a free program that adds a virtual printer to your computer that can make any document into a PDF. You'll be using it to create a new PDF from the old one without the pages you don't want to keep.
    • Visit cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp and click both "Free Download" and "Free Converter".
    • If your just removing a page or two from a single file, you may want to Remove-Pages-from-a-PDF-File, as it will likely be faster.
  2. Run .CuteWriter.exe to install CuteWriter. During installation, click Cancel on the first offer, and then click the "Skip this and all remaining offers" link.
  3. Run .converter.exe to install the software that CuteWriter requires. Click Setup to automatically install it.
  4. Open the PDF you want to remove files from. You can open it in any PDF reader, or in your web browser.
  5. Click "File" → "Print". You won't actually be printing the document, but will instead be creating a new PDF file.
  6. Select "CutePDF Writer" as the printer.
  7. Select "Pages" or "Range" and enter in the pages you want to keep. For example, if you have a 7-page document and want to get rid of page 6, you would enter "1-5, 7"
  8. Click .Print and then save the file when prompted. By default, the new file will be saved to your Documents folder.[1]

Preview (Mac)

  1. Double-click the PDF file to open it in Preview. If it opens in another program instead, such as Adobe Reader, right-click it and select "Open With" and then "Preview".
  2. Click the "View" menu and select "Thumbnails". This will show all of the pages in the PDF in thumbnail view.
  3. Select all of the pages that you want to delete. You can hold Command and select multiple pages, or click and drag your mouse to make a selection box.
  4. Click the "Edit" menu and select "Delete". This will delete all of your selected pages.[2]

smallpdf (Online)

  1. Open SmallPDF in your browser.
  2. Drag and drop the PDF file you want to delete pages from into the browser window. You can also click the "Choose file" button.
  3. Select all of the pages that you want to keep. You can hold Shift to select multiple pages at once. You can also type a page range into the field at the bottom of the page.
  4. Click "Split PDF" after selecting all of the pages. This will open a new page.
  5. Click "Download File Now". This will download the new PDF file to your computer. You can also choose to save it directly to your Dropbox or Google Drive account.

Adobe Acrobat

  1. Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat. You can't delete pages in the free Adobe Reader.
  2. Click the "Page Thumbnails" button in the left pane. If it isn't there, click "View" → "Show/Hide" → "Navigation Panes" → "Page Thumbnails".
  3. Select the pages that you want to delete. You can click and drag your mouse to select multiple pages at once, or you can hold Ctrl and click each page that you want to select.
  4. Click the "Delete" button to delete the selected pages. The "Delete" button is located at the top of the Page Thumbnails pane

Tips

  • If you would like to create a new PDF with certain pages of an existing PDF, you can select the pages you would like in your new PDF, click "Edit" → "Copy", and then "File" → "New from Clipboard".
  • You can only split up to 100 pages with SmallPDF.



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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/06/how-to-delete-pages-from-a-pdf-without-adobe-acrobat/
  2. ↑ https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5923?locale=en_US
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