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4 July 2026

Deleting, extracting and reordering PDF pages

The page-surgery toolbox: remove pages you shouldn't send, pull out just the pages someone asked for, fix ordering, and add pages later.

Most PDF "editing" people actually need is page surgery: this page shouldn't be in here, I only need pages 3–5, these two documents belong together. All of it is fast, and all of it runs in your browser.

Removing pages

Delete Pages takes a page list ("2, 5-7") and returns the PDF without them. The classic uses: the blank page a scanner added, the pricing sheet that shouldn't go to this client, page one of a fax cover that nobody has needed since 2004.

Deleting a page removes its content stream from the copy you download — this isn't a visual hide. (But note it's not a redaction tool: if the sensitive thing is on a page that stays, that's a different job — black boxes drawn over text can be lifted; true redaction re-rasterises the page.)

Sending only what was asked for

The inverse job: someone wants "just the signature page" of a 40-page agreement. Extract Pages pulls a page range into a new PDF, leaving the original untouched. Smaller attachment, no over-sharing.

Fixing order and combining

  • Two documents that belong together — or chapters exported separately: Merge PDF, arranging the files in the order you want.
  • A page that belongs inside another document (an appendix, an updated page 7): Insert Pages splices one PDF into another at the position you choose.

Why in-browser matters here

Page surgery is exactly the kind of thing people do to contracts, medical records and financial documents. Every tool named above runs client-side — the file never leaves your device, so there's nothing to trust us about.

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