This quick tutorial will walk you through how to remove header and footer from PDF in Python. It will share the details to set up the development environment, a list of steps to write the application, and a ready-to-run sample code for PDF header footer removal in Python. You will learn different methods to remove headers/footers based on multiple criteria.
Steps to Remove PDF Header and Footer in Python
- Set the development environment to use Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET to remove headers/footers
- Create an object of the PdfContentEditor class from the pdf.facades namespace
- Bind the target PDF file using the bind_pdf() method
- Prepare an array of header/footer indexes to be deleted
- Call the delete_stamp() method by providing the page number and indexes
- Save the output PDF after removing the headers and footers
These steps elaborate on how from a PDF remove header and footer in Python. The process contains simple steps where the target PDF file is bound with the PdfContentEditor object that supports deleting headers and footers using the delete_stamp() method. All the headers and footers on a page have a unique index that is to be provided to this method along with the PDF file page number for removing them.
Code to Remove Header Footer from PDF in Python
The above sample code demonstrates the task to remove header and footer from PDF in Python. Each header and footer can be assigned a unique stamp ID at the time of creation whereas the indexes are assigned automatically. You may use the indexes or stamp IDs as per your choice to remove headers or footers of your choice.
In this topic, we have learned the process of deleting PDF headers and footers. If you want to add headers and footers in a PDF file, refer to the article on how to add header and footer in PDF using Python.
