1. Tools>Organize Pages
2. Select the thumbnail(s) of the page(s) that you want to Delete
3. Click the Trash icon.
4. In the "Adobe Acrobat" dialog box message that says "Are you sure you want to delete the page from the document?", click the OK button.
5. Now you can save the file or continue work with the file.
20 Replies 20 Adobe Employee ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-delete-pages-with-acrobat-pro-dc/m-p/7544958#M22815 Aug 31, 2015 Aug 31, 2015
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1. Tools>Organize Pages
2. Select the thumbnail(s) of the page(s) that you want to Delete
3. Click the Trash icon.
4. In the "Adobe Acrobat" dialog box message that says "Are you sure you want to delete the page from the document?", click the OK button.
5. Now you can save the file or continue work with the file.
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Community Beginner ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-delete-pages-with-acrobat-pro-dc/m-p/7544959#M22816 Nov 26, 2015 Nov 26, 2015
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I am using Acrobat Pro X I am trying to delete pages within the pdf and this is message i am getting
'One or more pages are in use and could not be deleted' When I move the pdf out of folder I had it in
it sometimes works but this is ongoing. Can someone help and advise. Thanks
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-delete-pages-with-acrobat-pro-dc/m-p/13676613#M405066 Mar 24, 2023 Mar 24, 2023
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This does not get round the problem of "One or more pages are in use. '
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-delete-pages-with-acrobat-pro-dc/m-p/14845883#M477819 Sep 06, 2024 Sep 06, 2024
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Move the pages you want to delete to the end of the file in Organize pages. Split the file where the unwanted files are located. Close the file. You will then have two new files; . Part1 (wanted) & . Part2 (unwanted).
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Community Beginner ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-delete-pages-with-acrobat-pro-dc/m-p/7544960#M22817 Mar 22, 2016 Mar 22, 2016
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Thank you to Steve for the reply. That worked great. Now, to Adobe (Steve, maybe you can pass this on), this is just a stupid, non-intuitive way of deleting pages. Please reconsider for the next Acrobat upgrade!!
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Community Expert ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-delete-pages-with-acrobat-pro-dc/m-p/7544961#M22818 Mar 22, 2016 Mar 22, 2016
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What's non-intuitive about deleting pages via the Pages panel?
By the way, you can also do it via the Tools panel, under Organize Pages.
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Community Beginner ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-delete-pages-with-acrobat-pro-dc/m-p/7544962#M22819 Mar 23, 2016 Mar 23, 2016
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In the past, the page icons were visible from the screen that let me preview the PDF. So not only were they right there on the main screen and not hidden underneath a tab click and a button click (like the new way of doing it), but they were virtual pages, so they were literal interpretations of actual pages in a book. All this was very intuitive, at least to me. The new way of deleting pages has me clicking on a tab called Tools (not intuitive - and maybe this is partly due to the location of the tab, since it seems hidden at the top) and then click on an icon that shows a page rotating but underneath says "Organize Pages". What??
The new way involves reading the text and thinking about what it might mean. That equals extra time and possible frustration. Plus, there are just extra clicks to do what you need to do.
User testing and surveys will tell Adobe if this is truly a better way to organize actions.