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# Remove pages from a PDF using JavaScript

You can remove pages in two ways using our page editor API.

Using `keepPages` removes all the pages from the document except for the pages specified in the `pageIndexes` array:

```js

instance.applyOperations([
  {
    type: "keepPages",
    pageIndexes: [0, 1, 2] // Remove all pages except pages 0 to 2.
  }
]);

```

Using `removePages` removes the pages specified in the `pageIndexes` array:

```js

instance.applyOperations([
  {
    type: "removePages",
    pageIndexes: [8, 9, 11] // Remove pages 8, 9, and 11.
  }
]);

```

After this operation is complete, call `exportPDF` to get a buffer containing the data for the final PDF.

If you need to apply this operation and export in one step, you can provide the same argument you provide to `applyOperations` to `exportPDFWithOperations` to get a buffer containing the data for the final PDF.

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## Related pages

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- [Rotating PDF pages using JavaScript](/guides/web/editor/page-manipulation/rotate.md)