Remove Blank Pages
Scanner software loves to append empty sheets. This tool samples each page visually and rebuilds a PDF without the near-white ones, handy before you merge, number, or drop pages into Word.
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How to delete blank pages from a PDF: step by step
- Select the PDF that has empty or almost-empty pages.
- Click Remove blanks. Detection looks for pages with almost no dark pixels.
- Check the count of removed vs kept pages in the result message.
- Skim the download: faint letterhead-only pages might be treated as blank; restore from your original if needed.
Why automatic detection instead of deleting by hand
Manual delete in a desktop editor is fine for three pages and miserable for a 120-page scan. A simple ink-density check catches true empties quickly. It is not a courtroom-grade document forensic tool, so review edge cases with very light content.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will a page with a tiny footer mark be removed?
Usually not, since small marks count as ink. Completely white or nearly white pages are the target.
What if every page is removed?
The tool stops and shows an error instead of downloading an empty file. That often means the PDF is an unusual color scan; keep the original.
Does this change non-blank pages?
Kept pages are copied as-is into the new PDF; only blank candidates are dropped.
Should I remove blank pages before inserting a PDF into Word?
Yes, especially for scanned documents: blank scanner pages otherwise become empty images or empty extracted paragraphs in your Word file.