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Remove Blank Pages

Strip out the empty pages that duplex scanners leave behind when a stack has odd-numbered sheets.

Use Remove Blank Pages (interactive) — JavaScript required for uploads.

How to use this tool

  1. Add your PDF
  2. Run the tool
  3. Download the cleaned PDF

How a blank page is detected

A page counts as blank when it has no extractable text and no images. Pages that are entirely a scanned photo are kept, because an image-only page looks empty to a text check and losing real content is worse than leaving a blank one in.

Safeguards

If nothing looks blank, the tool says so rather than returning an identical file. If every page looks blank it refuses, instead of handing back an empty document.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?

Yes, completely free and with no account.

It missed a blank page — why?

Scanner noise counts as an image. A speck of dust on the glass is enough to make a page look non-empty, which is deliberate: it errs towards keeping pages.

Can I choose which pages to remove?

Yes — use Delete PDF Pages to remove specific page numbers.

Runs in your browser

This tool works entirely on this page. Your file is opened by JavaScript here, changed in memory, and handed straight back to you — it is never uploaded. Open your browser's Network tab while you use it and you will see nothing leave your device.

Because there is no server doing the work, there is no signup, no watermark, no file size limit, and no daily cap. Nothing is stored, because nothing is received.

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