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# Removing images from PDF page on Server/Desktop

Learn how to remove all images from a document page using PDF Editor (Programmatic) with this full code sample. Strip images and change text color to blue effortlessly. The Apryse Server SDK streamlin

To remove all images from a document page.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="C#" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```csharp
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(filename)
Page page = doc.GetPage(1);

ElementWriter writer = new ElementWriter();
ElementReader reader = new ElementReader();
reader.Begin(page);
writer.Begin(page, ElementWriter.WriteMode.e_replacement, false);

Element element;
while ((element = reader.Next()) != null) // Read page contents
{
    switch (element.GetType())
    {
        case Element.Type.e_image:
        case Element.Type.e_inline_image:
            // remove all images by skipping them
            continue;
        default:
            writer.WriteElement(element);
            break;
    }
}

writer.End();
reader.End();
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C++" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```cpp
PDFDoc doc(filename);
Page page = doc.GetPage(1);

ElementWriter writer;
ElementReader reader;
reader.Begin(page);
writer.Begin(page, ElementWriter::e_replacement, false);

Element element;
while (element = reader.Next()) // Read page contents
{
    switch (element.GetType())
    {
        case Element::e_image: 
        case Element::e_inline_image: 
            // remove all images by skipping them			
            break;
        default:
            writer.WriteElement(element);
            break;
    }
}

writer.End();
reader.End();
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```go
doc := NewPDFDoc(filename)
page := doc.GetPage(1)

writer := NewElementWriter()
reader := NewElementReader()
reader.Begin(page)
writer.Begin(page, ElementWriterE_replacement, false)

element := reader.Next()     
for element.GetMp_elem().Swigcptr() != 0{ // Read page contents
    etype := element.GetType()
    if etype == ElementE_image || etype == ElementE_inline_image{
        // remove all images by skipping them
    }else{
        writer.WriteElement(element)
    }
    element = reader.Next()
}

reader.End()
writer.End()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```java
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc(filename);
Page page = doc.getPage(1);

ElementWriter writer = new ElementWriter();
ElementReader reader = new ElementReader();
reader.begin(page);
writer.begin(page, ElementWriter.e_replacement, false);

Element element;
while ((element = reader.next()) != null) 
{
    switch (element.getType()) 
    {
        case Element.e_image:
        case Element.e_inline_image:
            // remove all images by skipping them
            break;
        default:
            writer.writeElement(element);
            break;
    }
}

writer.end();
reader.end();
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
async function main() {
    const doc = await PDFNet.PDFDoc.createFromURL(filename);
    const page = await doc.getPage(1);

    const writer = await PDFNet.ElementWriter.create();
    const reader = await PDFNet.ElementReader.create();
    reader.beginOnPage(page);
    writer.beginOnPage(page, PDFNet.ElementWriter.WriteMode.e_replacement, false);

    for (let element = await reader.next(); element !== null; element = await reader.next()) 
    {
        const elementType = await element.getType();
        switch (elementType) 
        {
            case PDFNet.Element.Type.e_image:
            case PDFNet.Element.Type.e_inline_image:
                // remove all images by skipping them
                break;
            default:
                writer.writeElement(element);
                break;
        }
    }

    writer.end();
    reader.end();
}
PDFNet.runWithCleanup(main);
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Kotlin" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```kotlin
val doc = PDFDoc(filename)
val page = doc.getPage(1)

val writer = ElementWriter()
val reader = ElementReader()
reader.begin(page)
writer.begin(page, ElementWriter.e_replacement, false)

var element = reader.next()
while (element != null)
{
    when (element.type)
    {
        Element.e_image, Element.e_inline_image -> {
            // remove all images by skipping them
        }
        else -> writer.writeElement(element)
    }
    element = reader.next()
}

writer.end()
reader.end()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Obj-C" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```objc
PTPDFDoc *doc = [[PTPDFDoc alloc] initWithFilepath: filename];
PTPage *page = [doc GetPage:1];

PTElementWriter *writer = [[PTElementWriter alloc] init];
PTElementReader *reader = [[PTElementReader alloc] init];
[reader Begin: page];
[writer Begin: page placement: e_ptreplacement page_coord_sys: NO];

PTElement *element;	
while ((element = [reader Next])) 	// Read page contents
{
    switch ([element GetType])
    {		
        case e_ptimage: 
        case e_ptinline_image: 
            // remove all images by skipping them			
            break;
        default:
            [writer WriteElement: element];
    }
}

[writer End];
[reader End];
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Swift" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```swift
let doc: PTPDFDoc = PTPDFDoc(filepath: filename)
let page: PTPage = doc.getPage(1)

let writer: PTElementWriter = PTElementWriter()
let reader: PTElementReader = PTElementReader()
reader.begin(page)
writer.begin(page, placement: e_ptreplacement, page_coord_sys: false)

while let element = reader.next()
{
    switch element.getType()
    {
        case e_ptimage, e_ptinline_image:
            // remove all images by skipping them
            break
        default:
            writer.write(element)
    }
}

writer.end()
reader.end()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
$doc = new PDFDoc($filename);
$page = $doc->GetPage(1);

$writer = new ElementWriter();
$reader = new ElementReader();
$reader->Begin($page);
$writer->Begin($page, ElementWriter::e_replacement, false);

while (($element = $reader->Next()) != null) 	// Read page contents
{
    switch ($element->GetType())
    {		
        case Element::e_image: 
        case Element::e_inline_image: 
            // remove all images by skipping them			
            break;
        default:
        $writer->WriteElement($element);
    }
}

$writer->End();
$reader->End();
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```python
doc = PDFDoc(filename)
page = doc.GetPage(1)

writer = ElementWriter()
reader = ElementReader()
reader.Begin(page)
writer.Begin(page, ElementWriter.e_replacement, False)

element = reader.Next()     # Read page contents
while element != None:
    type = element.GetType()
    if type == Element.e_image or type == Element.e_inline_image:
        pass # remove all images by skipping them
    else:
        writer.WriteElement(element)
    element = reader.Next()

writer.End()
reader.End()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```ruby
doc = PDFDoc.new(filename)
page = doc.GetPage(1)

writer = ElementWriter.new()
reader = ElementReader.new()
reader.Begin(page)
writer.Begin(page, ElementWriter::E_replacement, false)

element = reader.Next()	 # Read page contents
while !element.nil? do
    type = element.GetType()
    case type
    when Element::E_image, Element::E_inline_image
        # remove all images by skipping them
    else
        writer.WriteElement(element)
    end
    element = reader.Next()
end

writer.End()
reader.End()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="VB" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```vb
Dim doc As PDFDoc = New PDFDoc(filename)
Dim page As Page = doc.GetPage(1)

Dim writer As ElementWriter = New ElementWriter
Dim reader As ElementReader = New ElementReader
reader.Begin(page)
writer.Begin(page, ElementWriter.WriteMode.e_replacement, False)

Dim element As Element = reader.Next()
While Not IsNothing(element) ' Read page contents
    If element.GetType() = element.Type.e_image Or element.GetType() = element.Type.e_inline_image Then
        ' remove all images by skipping them
    Else
        writer.WriteElement(element)
    End If
    element = reader.Next()
End While

writer.End()
reader.End()
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

[PDF Editor (Programmatic)](/core/get-started/samples/elementedittest.md) Full code sample which strips all images from the page and changes text color to blue. Code sample is available in C++, C#, Java, Python, Go, PHP, Ruby & VB.


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