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User profile for user: MCSlim888
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Cannot Move or Delete Pages in Preview

Hey so I used to be able to do this but now I cant drag pages out of a document in preview or delete specific pages in preview. Can anyone help? Thanks

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Aug 29, 2021 10:38 AM

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User profile for user: Meg The Dog
Meg The Dog
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Posted on Aug 29, 2021 10:50 AM

Export the document that is giving you trouble from preview: menu File > Export as PDF. . . and give it a new name.

Open that exported document in preview and test.


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User profile for user: VikingOSX
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Aug 29, 2021 11:13 AM in response to MCSlim888

With Preview in macOS 11.5.2, you delete a PDF thumbnail page by selecting it and pressing the delete key. There is no prompt, it just rapidly disappears from view. You can put it back from the Edit menu > undo if done so immediately in the current Preview session.


Although you can drag/drop a selected, individual PDF page to the Desktop (it will appear as originalPDFname (dragged).pdf, you cannot do this between Preview and any other application that can receive PDF drop items (e.g. Pages).

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Cannot Move or Delete Pages in Preview

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