Remove the first page of a PDF
Drop your PDF below and the first page is already marked for removal — check the red overlay on page 1, click the button, download. Done in about five seconds.
The first page is the most-removed page in any PDF for a reason: it’s where cover sheets, fax headers, e-ticket summaries, and “this document was generated by…” pages live. Scanners and export tools bolt them on; this page takes them off.
Preset: page 1 is marked for removal — adjust freely before saving.
Drop your PDF here
Or click to browse. Processed on your device, never uploaded.
How it works
- Drop your PDF — page 1 arrives already marked (red overlay).
- Glance at the thumbnails to confirm that’s the page you mean.
- Click “Delete 1 page”.
- Download the PDF, now starting at what used to be page 2.
Not just page 1?
The preset is only a head start — the full delete tool is live on this page. Click more thumbnails to mark them too, or edit the range box: 1-2 drops a two-page cover, 1, last drops the cover and a trailing blank in one pass.
If what you actually want is to keep only a few pages, invert the job: extract the pages you want instead of deleting everything else — same result, fewer clicks.
Good to know
- The original file on your disk is untouched — you download an edited copy.
- Page numbers printed on the pages don’t renumber themselves: remove page 1 and the new first page may still say “2”. The page-number tool can restamp if that matters.
Frequently asked questions
Will removing the first page break the rest of the document?
No — remaining pages keep their content, quality and internal links. The only thing gone is the page you removed.
My PDF is a scan. Does that matter?
Not at all — scanned pages delete exactly like any other page, and the thumbnails make it easy to spot the fax header or separator sheet you’re removing.
Why do so many PDFs have a junk first page?
Cover sheets are injected by fax software, scan-to-email devices, and booking/ticketing systems that prepend a summary page. It’s a workflow artifact — removing it changes nothing about the document itself.