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How to Remove Blank Pages from PDF

When working with your PDFs, you may occasionally encounter blank pages with no content. Such blank pages may disrupt the continuity of your document and increase the file size. They may also cause confusion when printing, especially if someone else is handling the task. Therefore, the most effective solution is to remove any blank pages from your PDFs as soon as you notice them.

In this article, we will show you how to remove blank pages from PDFs by using one of the best PDF handling software – UPDF. The application offers 3 different ways of removing blank pages, making it a perfect choice for people who frequently work with PDFs.

Without further ado, let's dive into the solutions together!

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Part 1. Remove Blank PDF Pages in Thumbnail

One of the options to remove a blank PDF page is through the Thumbnail mode in UPDF. Follow the steps below to learn how to do it by yourself.

  • Open your document in UPDF and make sure that the "Thumbnail" icon is switched on. You can find the icon in the menu on the left. Once this is switched on, you will see the preview of your document on the left.
delete blank page in pdf with updf on windows with thumbnail
  • Find the empty page that you want to delete. Select it and then right-click on it and choose "Delete".
  • Hold on the "Ctrl + S" to save the updated PDF.

Part 2. Remove Blank Pages from PDF in Organize Pages

Another option is removing blank pages in the Organize Pages mode. Here, there's 2 different ways you can use.

Way 1. Deleting Blank Pages

The first way is removing blank pages with deleting button directly.

  • Open your PDF file in UPDF and access the "Organize Pages" mode. The mode can be found in the menu on the left.
  • Once you are in the Organize Pages mode, find and select blank pages you would like to remove. If there's multiple pages, you can select all of them by holding Ctrl or Command key and clicking.
  • Once the pages are selected, remove them by clicking the Trash bin icon at the top or by pressing the Backspace button on your keybord.
delete blank pages in updf on windows in the organize pages part

Way 2. Replacing Blank Pages

If you would like to delete the blank page and replace with some other content, you can also do it in the Organize Pages mode.

  1. Click on the "Replace" icon. Now, choose the file you would like to replace it with and click "Open".
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  • Now, Select "Custom" for the page range in Original and Source part, enter the page number of the blank page in the Original file part, then, enter the page number you need to use in the Source file to replace the blank page. Once done, click on the "Replace" icon.
customize the page range to replace blank page with updf on windows
  • Your blank page is replaced successfully. You can save the changes by clicking "File" > "Save".

Part 3. Remove Blank Pages for Free in PDF Via Print

You can also use the Print feature to save the pages you need as a new PDF to remove blank pages. However, this method only works well when your blank pages are at the beginning or the end of the PDF file. The best part of this method is that it is free to use.  

  1. Open your PDF in UPDF and go to File > Print.
  • Now, a settings menu will open, allowing you to adjust the parameters for printing, and remove any pages you do not wish to print.
  • Select the "Microsoft Print to PDF" as the printer, enter the pages to print. Here, as the blank page is the first page, I enter 2-15 to print. Click "Print" to print your PDF without any blank pages.
print to remove blank page from pdf with updf on windows

You may feel confused about why to choose UPDF to remove blank page from PDF instead of using other PDF tools. One is UPDF offers free way to help you remove blank page. The second is that you can have many ways to choose and it can meet all your requirements. The third one is that UPDF has many other features like UPDF AI, edit PDF, convert PDF, compress PDF, and more. With so many benefits, why not to use this method. You can watch the below video or read this review article to learn more about UPDF.

Conclusion

Removing a blank page in your PDF may come in handy. Today, we showed you how to remove a blank page in 3 different ways, and we hope this will save you time in the future. With UPDF you can not only remove blank pages, but also replace them with files that contain content. What is more, UPDF has many other PDF editing features that can advance your work. Remember to download UPDF now and test the features by yourself!

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