Acrobat DC error: Can't delete page. Error is "one or more pages are in use and could not be deleted."

[MarkCLI]

When I try to delete certain pages, Acrobat DC won't let me, and I get this error notice: "One or more pages are in use and could not be deleted."

I have tried the following:

1.    Setting the setting "View documents in PDF/A mode: to "never" (from default "only for PDF/A documents")

2.    Repairing installation

Neither of those worked. I've searched the forums and this seems to have been a regular problem, but none of the recommended solutions work.

Help!

[John Armour · Accepted solution]

Found a fix for this, if you view the page fit to window before you go to delete it in organise pages it lets you delete without the error.

[susiec79117310 · Accepted solution]

Go to a different page - then choose EDIT, then DELETE PAGES, and enter the page number that you want to delete.    

I wanted to delete Page 1.    I hit CTRL + END to go to the end of the document, then I chose EDIT, then DELETE PAGES, then entered Page 1, and it finally deleted.

[landon.goldberg]

I found another work around since the two "fixes" weren't working for me. I extracted all of the pages I wanted, so everything except the ones that wouldn't delete, saved the extracted pages, and deleted the original file. 

[Chris359366134v19]

This is what I've been having to do, or opening it in Acrobat XI Pro, and deleting the page before i do anything else to it.

[FieldOne]

Youhoo, adobe, guess what. After that fun little update from last week I get this great opportunity of guess what??

"One or more pages are in use and could not be deleted"

So how about we fix the software that a few people here including myself are paying for as your SOFTWARE IS NOT EDITING THE TRANSCRIPT AFTER YOUR UPDATE!

[maria_8700]

they don't give a f

[Dawn23743616z3k2]

remove all hyperlinks from document when you launch it, before you try to delete pages. edit ~ link ~ remove links. even though it may show no links once i performed this i was able to delete any selected page.

[williamg2142524]

For me I suspect the problem was with OneDrive trying to sync the PDF while I was trying to delete a page within the PDF. After OneDrive finished syncing the file I was able to delete the page within the PDF. So as the error message vaguely implies, it could be another program such as OneDrive that is using the document.

[Eager_friendship4656]

Hello - thank you this worked for me!  Save files to local drive and issue went away.

[Alicia37759731t0l1]

I was pushing a bunch of buttons and did "Cut" and then "replace page", choose the page you want removed, and then it worked for me!

[moises_9119]

Work around solution -  Click edit and then combine files, click Add Open Files, click 

on the file you want and Add files, it will open up the file and you can double click

on it for it to open the pages, then you can X them out. 

2025 still needed a work around