---
name: "pdf123-remove-pages"
description: "Delete unwanted pages from a PDF. Runs the PDF123 \"Remove Pages\" 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: 删除页面, Eliminar páginas, पृष्ठ हटाएँ, حذف الصفحات, Remover páginas, Hapus halaman, Supprimer des pages, Удалить страницы, ページの削除, Seiten löschen, 페이지 삭제, Xóa trang, Sayfa sil, 刪除頁面, Elimina pagine, ลบหน้า, Usuń strony, Видалити сторінки, Pagina's verwijderen, Buang halaman, Ta bort sidor, Διαγραφή σελίδων, Изтриване на страници, Suprimeix pàgines, Ondoa kurasa."
compatibility: "Needs curl 7.76+ and outbound HTTPS to pdf123.xyz, or PDFX_API_BASE pointing at a self-hosted pdfx-server."
---

# Remove Pages (PDF123)

Delete unwanted pages from a PDF.

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

## When to use

- Drop a cover sheet before sending the rest
- Strip blank separator pages you already identified
- Keep the middle of a scan by deleting head and tail pages

## 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-pages" \
  -F "fileInput=@input.pdf" \
  -F "pageNumbers=1" \
  --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) |
| `pageNumbers` | text | yes | `1` | Page(s) to remove. 1-based page list: `1,3-5`, open range `7-`, `all`, or an `n` expression such as `2n` for even pages |

## 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

- Not content redaction
- Password-protected files need the password; API callers run Unlock first
- No preview of which pages will remain
- 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`.