Delete or replace a page



You can replace an entire PDF page with another PDF page. Only the text and images on the original page are replaced. Any interactive elements associated with the original page, such as links and bookmarks, are not affected. Likewise, bookmarks and links that may have been previously associated with the replacement page do not carry over. Comments, however, are carried over and are combined with any existing comments in the document.

After you delete or replace pages, it’s a good idea to use the Reduce File Size command to rename and save the restructured document to the smallest possible file size.

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A page before and after it is replaced. The page’s bookmarks and links remain in the same locations.

Delete pages, using the Delete command

Note: You cannot undo the Delete command.
  1. Choose Document > Delete Pages.
  2. Enter the page range to be deleted, and click OK.

    You cannot delete all pages; at least one page must remain in the document.

    If you select Use Logical Page Numbers in the Page Display panel of the Preferences dialog box, you can enter a page number in parentheses to delete the logical equivalent of the page number. For example, if the first page in the document is numbered i, you can enter (1) in the Delete Pages dialog box, and the page is deleted.

Delete pages, using page thumbnails

  1. In the Pages panel, select a page or group of pages.
  2. Choose Delete Pages from the Pages panel options menu , and click OK.

Delete material associated with a tagged bookmark

  1. In the Bookmarks panel, click the tagged bookmark for the material you want to delete. Shift-click to select multiple bookmarks.
  2. Choose Delete Page(s) from the options menu. The tagged bookmark and its associated page are deleted from the document.

Replace the contents of a page

  1. Open the PDF that contains the pages you want to replace.
  2. Choose Document > Replace Pages.
  3. Select the document containing the replacement pages, and click Select.
  4. Under Original, enter the pages to be replaced in the original document.
  5. Under Replacement, enter the first page of the replacement page range. The last page is calculated based on the number of pages to be replaced in the original document.

Replace pages using a page thumbnail

  1. Open the PDF that contains the pages you want to replace, and then open the PDF that contains the replacement pages.
  2. In the Pages panel of the PDF that contains the replacement pages, select a page or group of pages:

    • Select the page number boxes of the page thumbnails that you want to use as replacement pages.

    • Shift-click to select multiple page thumbnails. Ctrl-click to add to the selection.

    • Drag a rectangle around a group of page thumbnails.

  3. Ctrl+Alt+drag the selected page thumbnails onto the Pages panel of the target document. Release the mouse button when the pointer is directly over the page number box of the first page thumbnail you want to replace so that these pages become highlighted.

    The pages you selected in the first document replace the same number of pages in the second document, starting at the page number you selected to drop the new pages on.