PDF Delete Pages

Deleting page 2 of widths-3.pdf leaves two pages, 200 points then 400 points. The 300-point middle page is gone. Deleting pages 1 and 3 of the A4 report leaves one page, 595.28 points wide, which is the old page 2. The message says how many were deleted and how many remain. You cannot delete every page. That request stops, because an empty PDF is not a useful download.

The pages you keep stay in their old order. There is no reorder hiding inside the delete box. If you wanted 3 then 1, extract them in that order or reorder first. Ranges work: 1,3 or 2-3. A page past the end stops the run and names the real page count.

Bookmarks are not rebuilt. A link that pointed at a deleted page is not your problem to discover from a success message that hid it. The message does not claim to fix navigation. A password stops the edit. The source file on disk is untouched. The download is a new PDF.

Removing the middle page of widths-3.pdf leaves 200 then 400. Removing both ends of the A4 report leaves the old page 2, still 595.28 points wide. Survivors keep their relative order. Asking to remove every page is refused, because an empty PDF is not written. A range such as 2-3 is accepted. A page number past the end stops the run and quotes the real page count.

The phrase in the result counts both sides: how many pages were removed, and how many remain. For the width sample that is one removed and two remaining. For the report that is two removed and one remaining. Relative order of the survivors is the order they had. If you needed the last page to become the first, reorder or extract. Delete will not do that swap for you. The original path is never replaced by the download. If the remaining widths are not the ones you expected, the range you typed was not the range you meant, and the original is still there to try again.

After the middle page leaves widths-3.pdf, the download is 200 points and then 400 points. After both ends leave the A4 report, one page remains and it is 595.28 points wide. Neither download is empty, and neither one reorders the survivors. The file you selected is still on disk if the remaining widths surprise you. Page 2 of widths-3.pdf is the 300-point page that the first sample removes, and the A4 sample keeps only that middle page.

A chosen order that still includes every page is PDF reorder pages. One file per page is PDF splitter.

Drop the middle width

Inputs: pdp-f: widths-3.pdf | pdp-pages: 2

On this page, take widths-3.pdf, then 2 and press Delete pages. Count the survivors before you discard the original.

Result: Deleted 1 page. 2 pages remain. 1.0 KB

Drop both ends of the report

Inputs: pdp-f: report-a4-3pages.pdf | pdp-pages: 1,3

On this page, take report-a4-3pages.pdf, then 1,3 and press Delete pages. Count the survivors before you discard the original.

Result: Deleted 2 pages. 1 page remain. 0.9 KB

What remains after deleting page 2 of widths-3.pdf?

Two pages, 200 points then 400 points. The 300-point page is the one that left.

What remains after deleting pages 1 and 3 of the report?

One page, 595.28 points wide, which was page 2.

Can I delete all three pages?

No. The run stops. An empty file is not offered as a success.

Does the kept order change?

No. Survivors stay in the order they had.

Is the file on disk edited?

No. The download is a new PDF.

Are locked PDFs edited?

No. A password stops the delete.