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karinamnreal
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March 5, 2018
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Delete blank pages

  • March 5, 2018
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Hi, I want to know if there is an option in Adobe Acrobat to delete automatically blank pages from a scan. Or if I need other program to do it. [Tags removed by moderator]

Thanks!!

    Correct answer Lovekesh Garg

    Hi,

    Acrobat doesn't have the option to remove blank pages. You can do it manually from Organize pages.

    You have to select all blank pages and delete.

    Thanks.

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    Nina5F98
    Participant
    September 4, 2020

    Which version deletes the blank pages? I have to scan double sided and need to delete the blank pages that I don't need. 

      Bernd Alheit
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      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 4, 2020

      In Adobe Acrobat DC you can delete empty pages.

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      Nina5F98
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      September 4, 2020

      Thank you so much

        Just Shoot Me
        Just Shoot Me
        Legend
        March 5, 2018

        I have to ask.

        If you are scanning a document of some type and creating a PDF out of the scans why are there blank pages.

        Simple don't scan blanks sheets of paper.

        As to your question. Not that I know of.

        And if you are asking about the Acrobat Reader program then definitely not.

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        karinamnrealAuthor
        Participant
        March 5, 2018

        Because I scan like 100 paper per scan and some of those pages have many blank pages, so if I do it manually is to much time doing it.

        I actually use Adobe Acrobat XI Standard. With another program do you know if this could be available?

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          mbmast
          Known Participant
          December 17, 2020

          Sorry to revive this older post, it is worth clarifying this point.

          If pages have been scanned in that are blank, then I agree. However, if the pages are empty of content (or filled with white or [none]) then there is a feature to remove empty pages, but it is hidden in the preflight portion of the print production tools:

          To be fair though, the page does have to be empty, so if there's a scan of a blank page, that doesn't count as blank, as there is still content there in the form of a scan. However, when I tested this prior to submitting this post, my test file also contained specific pages that had nothing but [paper] coloured text, [none] coloured text; and text coloured C0 M0 Y0 K0 from InDesign, and when the preflight had run, those pages had been removed.


          I'm wondering why my Preflight screen looks so different from yours.  And mine has no "Remove empty pages."

           

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