Can’t Delete PDF Pages in Preview – Here’s Why

Written By Aswin Vijayan

Approved By Mack John

Published On February 19th, 2024

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User Query: I can’t delete PDF pages in Preview in Mac. I want to modify a PDF file but apparently, I can’t perform any activity on that. That is why I am unable to delete pages from it. Plz, tell me why it is happening, and what can be the solution for it.

If you are unable to delete or remove pages from a PDF file that is because your PDF is restricted. This means your PDF file has editing restrictions. Because of this, you are unable to perform any activity on your PDF. This is called Owner-level protection. Here, the owner of the PDF uses a permission password to set restrictions on the PDF.

You can use Acrobat Acrobat Pro to remove pages from PDF on Mac or get rid of the editing permission. But for this, you must know the permission password. Then only you will be able to remove PDF restrictions.

But what if you don’t have the permission password?

Well, luckily I know an amazing tool that can remove Owner-level restrictions without needing a permission password. PDF Password Protection Removal Tool for Mac allows you to unlock secured PDF files.

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In the upcoming section, I will tell you how to convert your restricted PDF into an editable document using this tool. This tool is the best because it keeps all the formatting attributes intact.

Can’t Delete PDF Pages in Preview – Issue Solved

You can download this tool for free (Demo version) which will process 5 PDF files. You can use this tool on any version of Mac OS (10.8 and above). It can easily run on iMac, MacBook Pro & MacBook Air.

Note: Make sure you have JDK & JRE 8 installed in your system. If not, download it from HERE.

Now, perform the following steps to remove security restrictions from PDF files on Mac:

Step 1. Install and run the expert utility on your Mac OS system.
Step 2. Next, click on the ‘Add File(s)’ or ‘Add Folder(s)’ option to insert restricted PDF files or folders.
Step 3. By clicking on the ‘Change’ button, you can give the location to save your PDF files. Also use the option to save or print the unlocked files.
Step 4. Lastly, click the ‘Unlock’ button to initialize the process of removing PDF restrictions.

Removes All PDF Restrictions On Mac OS

This tool can get rid of any type of restriction or permissions from the PDF document and then you can remove pages from PDF on Mac. Let’s have a look at what kinds of restrictions it can eliminate:

Printing
Editing
Copying
Extracting pages
Commenting
Signing
Document Assembly
Creation of Templates

All PDF attachments and the quality of the images will be preserved. PDF attachments can be of any file type or can be another PDF document. Likewise, this tool will take care of the text so you don’t have to worry about data integrity issues.

All formatting attributes will be taken care of. You don’t have to worry about layout issues, page breaks, and margin problems.

This tool can remove the user password from the PDF. This is called your opening password. For example, if you have multiple bank statements PDFs. You can use this tool to remove the opening password from them at once. (You have to provide the password to remove it)

Removes permissions from (Advanced Encryption Standard) AES & RC4 128 & 192 bit encrypted PDF documents. The tool has advanced technology that is ready to encounter any type of encryption.

What If You Want to Remove Pages from PDF on Mac and Store Them for Later Use?

Well, in that case, you can use PDF Cutter Software, which is an automated tool that helps in separating PDF files based on the page selection. By using this you can remove selective PDF pages on mac and save the removed ones in different PDF files to use in future.

Also Read: Know Why PDF File Cannot be Printed on Mac or Windows OS

So There You Have It

Can’t delete PDF pages in Preview – The problem has been resolved. If you already have Adobe applications like Acrobat Pro, you can also use that to remove pages from PDF on Mac. But remember you will need a permission password for it. But, if you don’t have it you can go above-mentioned tool. This tool is quite affordable as compared to Adobe applications since this tool is only designed to unlock PDFs, unlike Acrobat.