Step-by-step instructions for automatically removing pages from PDF files
Scanned documents often contain unwanted pages such as separator sheets, cover pages,
or blank pages. With Automatic PDF Processor, you can automatically remove these
unnecessary pages.
Typical use cases
- Remove scanner separator sheets
- Remove blank pages from scanned documents
- Remove cover pages from standardized documents
- Remove specific page ranges
- Keep only certain pages
Step 1: Create a new profile
Create a new profile with a descriptive name such as "Remove blank pages".
Set up the monitored folder.
Step 2: Activate the "Remove Pages" task
Go to the task view and select the "Remove Pages" task.
Activate the task and configure the page removal settings.
Step 3: Select removal method
Choose which pages should be removed:
| Method |
Description |
Example |
| Specific pages |
Remove specific page numbers |
"1" (first page), "1,3,5" (multiple pages) |
| Page range |
Remove a range of pages |
"1-3" (first three pages) |
| From end |
Remove pages from the end |
"Last 2 pages" |
| Blank pages |
Remove pages with no content |
All white/empty pages |
| By content |
Remove pages containing specific text |
Pages with "SEPARATOR" |
Step 4: Configure blank page detection (optional)
When removing blank pages, you can configure the detection sensitivity:
- Threshold: Maximum amount of content for a page to be considered blank
- Include near-blank: Also remove pages with very little content
- Ignore margins: Ignore content in margins when detecting blank pages
Step 5: Set minimum page count
Optionally set a minimum page count. If the document would have fewer pages than
the minimum after removal, the removal is skipped or adjusted.
Example: Set minimum to 1 to ensure at least one page remains.
Step 6: Configure storage location
Specify where the cleaned documents should be saved:
D:\Documents\Cleaned\<FileName>
Result
After configuration, all PDF files placed in the monitored folder are automatically:
- Analyzed to identify pages to remove
- Specified pages removed from the document
- Saved as a cleaned PDF file