Remove Boxes

• This command removes selected page boundaries for selected pages.

• Media Box can’t be removed since it is mandatory and may be inherited.

• Media Box is mandatory and serves as default/parent box for Crop Box.

• Crop Box serves as default/parent box for Art Box, Bleed Box and Trim Box.

Have a look at some examples.

Usage

pdfcpu boxes remove [-p(ages) selectedPages] -- boxTypes inFile [outFile]

Flags

name	description	required
p(ages)	selected pages	no

Common Flags

name	description	values
v(erbose)	turn on logging
vv	verbose logging
q(uiet)	quiet mode
u(nit)	display unit	po(ints),in(ches),cm,mm
c(onf)	config dir	$path, disable
upw	user password
opw	owner password

Arguments

name	description	required
boxTypes	comma separated list of box types: c(rop), t(rim), b(leed), a(rt)	yes
inFile	PDF input file	yes
outFile	PDF output file	no

Examples

Remove all page boundaries other than Media Box for page 2 of in.pdf:

$ pdfcpu box rem -pages 2 -- "c,b,a,t" in.pdf out.pdf
removing cropBox, trimBox, bleedBox, artBox for in.pdf
writing out.pdf...

Remove Crop Box for all pages of in.pdf:

$ pdfcpu box rem -- "crop" in.pdf out.pdf
removing cropBox for in.pdf
writing out.pdf...
pages: all