---
name: "pdf123-remove-image-pdf"
description: "Remove all images from a PDF. Runs the PDF123 \"Remove image\" tool (pdf123.xyz) over its REST API with curl, no account needed. Use when the user wants this done to their file. Also known as: 移除图片, Quitar imágenes, छवियाँ हटाएँ, إزالة الصور, Remover imagens, Hapus gambar, Supprimer les images, Удалить изображения, 画像の削除, Bilder entfernen, 이미지 제거, Gỡ ảnh, Görüntüleri kaldır, 移除圖片, Rimuovi immagini, ลบภาพ, Usuń obrazy, Прибрати зображення, Afbeeldingen verwijderen, Buang imej, Ta bort bilder, Αφαίρεση εικόνων, Премахване на изображения, Treu les imatges, Ondoa picha."
compatibility: "Needs curl 7.76+ and outbound HTTPS to pdf123.xyz, or PDFX_API_BASE pointing at a self-hosted pdfx-server."
---

# Remove image (PDF123)

Remove all images from a PDF.

Web version: https://pdf123.xyz/remove-image-pdf · All tools: https://pdf123.xyz/skills/pdf123.md

## When to use

- Make a text-only copy of an illustrated report for a quick read
- Strip photos from a document before sharing its wording
- Shrink a picture-heavy PDF when the pictures are not needed

## Run it

Replace the sample file names and values with the user's, then run:

```bash
API="${PDFX_API_BASE:-https://pdf123.xyz}"
curl -sS --fail-with-body -X POST "$API/api/v1/general/remove-image-pdf" \
  -F "fileInput=@input.pdf" \
  --output-dir "pdf123-output/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" --create-dirs -OJ -w '%{filename_effective} %{content_type}\n'
```

## Inputs

Everything is `multipart/form-data`. The command above already sends each field with its default; keep them all and change only the values the user asked for, since some endpoints reject a missing optional field.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fileInput` | file | yes | | .pdf (one file) |

## Result

curl saves the result in a new `pdf123-output/<timestamp>/` directory under the server's file name and prints its path and content type. Several output files come back as one ZIP. Tell the user where the file is.

## Limits

- No page range: all pages are processed
- Scans with no text layer come out blank
- Photos and logos that are raster images are removed alike; vector artwork stays
- Removed images cannot be recovered from the output
- Upload limit on this website: 500 MB per file, sent in chunks above about 95 MB. A single direct API request body is capped at 100 MB.

## Errors

- A non-zero curl exit means the request failed. The saved file then holds `application/problem+json`; read it and report its `detail` to the user instead of retrying blindly.
- `413`: the upload exceeds 100 MiB. `429`: wait for `Retry-After` seconds, then retry once.
- Send `X-API-KEY: $PDFX_API_KEY` only if the user has a PDF123 API key; anonymous calls work without it.

## Privacy

Files are uploaded to the API host, processed, and deleted once the response is sent. For confidential files, ask before uploading, or use a self-hosted server via `PDFX_API_BASE`.