---
title: "How to delete pages from a PDF document"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/knowledge-base/deleting-pages-from-a-pdf/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/knowledge-base/deleting-pages-from-a-pdf.md"
last_updated: "2026-06-09T10:32:17.001Z"
description: "You can delete pages of a PDF document using the PdfProcessor in three steps: for Nutrient Android SDK."
---

You can delete pages of a PDF document using the `PdfProcessor` in three steps:

1. Load the `PdfDocument` you want to modify.

2. Create a `PdfProcessorTask` that removes the desired pages.

3. Process the document, saving it to a new location.

Here’s how to do this in your `PdfActivity`:

### KOTLIN

```kotlin

override fun onDocumentLoaded(document: PdfDocument) {
    // Remove the pages with index 0 and 4.
    val task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).removePages(setOf(0, 4))

    // The output file must be different than the original document file.
    val outputFile = filesDir.resolve("${document.uid}-processed.pdf")

    // Process the document on a background thread. The newly created
    // document will have the pages removed.
    PdfProcessor.processDocumentAsync(task, outputFile).ignoreElements().subscribeOn(Schedulers.io()).observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()).subscribe { Log.i(TAG, "Document successfully saved.") }
}

```

### JAVA

```java

@Override
public void onDocumentLoaded(@NonNull PdfDocument document) {
    // Remove the pages with index 0 and 4.
    final PdfProcessorTask task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).removePages(new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(0, 4)));

    // The output file must be different than the original document file.
    final File outputFile =
        new File(getFilesDir(), document.getUid() + "-processed.pdf");

    // Process the document on a background thread. The newly created
    // document will have the pages removed.
    PdfProcessor.processDocumentAsync(task, outputFile).ignoreElements().subscribeOn(Schedulers.io()).observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()).subscribe(() -> Log.i("TAG", "Document successfully saved."));
}

```

When saving the processed document to an `outputFile`, the output file must be different than the input file. Writing back directly to the original document isn’t supported.

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