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Delete Pages vs. Extract Pages: Which Should You Use?
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Deleting pages and extracting pages both produce a shorter PDF, but they approach it from opposite directions — one removes what you don't want, the other keeps only what you do.
Use Delete Pages when...
- ·You want to keep most of the document and remove just a few specific pages
- ·The pages to remove are a small minority compared to the total page count
Use Extract Pages when...
- ·You only need a small handful of pages from a much larger document
- ·It is easier to identify what you want to keep than to list everything you want to remove
Pick whichever list is shorter
If you would need to select more pages to delete than to keep, use Extract Pages instead — and vice versa. The shorter selection is less error-prone either way.
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