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How to Delete Pages From an ID document PDF

Updated 2026-09-17 · 2 min read

The usual reason to delete pages from an ID document PDF is needing to share proof of identity with parts of it hidden.

Deleting pages is the quickest way to shrink a file and the safest way to remove an annexe you cannot share.

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Steps to delete pages from an ID document PDF

Open the page view and select the pages you do not want.

Delete them — the content leaves the file rather than being hidden.

Check any contents page, because page links to deleted pages will break.

Export the remaining pages as a new document.

With this kind of document, redaction is the only appropriate tool here, because it removes the data rather than covering it.

One caution worth stating plainly: never alter an identity document — only redact what the recipient does not need.

Sending only the pages that matter is simpler and safer than redacting a document you never needed to share whole.

Yes, before export; afterwards you need the original file.

Yes, often a lot if the pages held images.

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