Remove blank pages from scanned documents, double-sided scans of single-sided paper, printouts with separator sheets, and PDFs exported with empty pages between sections. Every page is drawn small and measured: a page with no ink, or only dust and specks, is found and picked for removal, and you see every page as a thumbnail before anything is saved. It is free to use, with no account and no upload limit, and it runs entirely in your browser: nothing is uploaded, and while the page stays open, a feature you have already used keeps working offline.
Only the blank pages are taken out; the pages you keep are not redrawn or re-compressed, so text stays searchable and pictures keep their quality. Bookmarks and links that pointed at a removed page are moved to the next page, and form fields, document properties and the remaining bookmarks stay. To delete, reorder or rotate other pages by hand, use the PDF Toolkit; to make the result smaller, Compress PDF.
- How does it tell a blank page from one with content?
- Each page is drawn about 360 pixels wide and the pixels darker or more colourful than the paper are counted (so faint pencil and pale highlighter count), leaving out a band round the edges, light grey show-through, and specks too small to be writing. A page whose share of ink is at or under the level you choose counts as blank. The first setting keeps any page with a visible mark; the fourth also removes a page with a single line, such as "This page intentionally left blank", and the last a few lines or a stamp.
- Will it remove a page that only has a page number?
- Usually yes, because a band round the edge of each page is ignored, which is where page numbers, headers and punch holes sit. If you want such a page kept, click it before saving.
- Does removing pages change the rest of the PDF?
- No. The kept pages are copied as they are: their text, pictures, links and form fields are not redrawn or compressed again. Bookmarks or links that pointed at a removed page now open the next page. One thing changes: if the PDF had its own page numbering (page labels such as i, ii, iii), it is taken out, since the pages have moved.
- Why was a page with faint writing marked as blank?
- Very light pencil or a pale stamp can fall under the level set. Move the slider towards "Only pages with no marks at all", or click the page to keep it. Every choice can be checked on the thumbnails before you save.
- Can it remove blank pages from a password-protected PDF?
- Not while it is protected. A PDF that needs a password to open, or that forbids changes, has to be unlocked first with Unlock PDF, which needs the password. Then drop the unlocked copy here.
- Is my PDF uploaded to remove the blank pages?
- No. The pages are drawn, measured and removed by code running in this browser tab, so the PDF never leaves your computer. There is no page limit per day and no account.