[Tex/LaTex] Remove appendices page keep individual appendices

appendices

I am using the report class and want to eliminate the Appendices page without eliminating the actual individual appendices. I have the capitalization of the appendices as I want (all caps). I am trying to:

  1. Remove the Appendices page (page 5)
  2. Remove Appendices page from the Bookmarks and un-nest the individual Appendices from the previous part
  3. Remove Appendices page from TOC

So currently the setup at the bottom looks like this:

Bookmarks
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TOC
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Pages
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I'd like it to look like (I cut and pasted the images to make them look this way; i.e., I don't have code that made the desired output pics)…

Bookmarks
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TOC
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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=apa, backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american-apa}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{bookmark}
\usepackage[title,titletoc,toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks=true,
    linkcolor=blue,
    filecolor=magenta,
    urlcolor=blue,
    citecolor=blue,
}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cftchapleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}} 

\begin{document}
\nocite{*}

\newpage
\pdfbookmark[section]{\contentsname}{toc}
\tableofcontents 

\part{Top Level}
\chapter{First Chapter}
Foo
\chapter{Last Chapter}
Bar

%% Appendices
\begin{appendices}
\renewcommand{\appendixname}{APPENDIX}

\chapter{Foo}
some text

\chapter{Bar}
some more text
\end{appendices}

%% References
\newpage
\singlespacing
\bookmarksetup{startatroot}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{REFERENCES}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{REFERENCES}
\printbibliography

\end{document}

EDIT

Using @barbara beeton's suggestion (and dumping the appendix package):

\appendix
\renewcommand{\appendixname}{APPENDIX}

\chapter{Foo}
some text

\chapter{Bar}
some more text

But this Removes the APPENDIX prefix and does not un-nest the individual appendices bookmarks from the last part bookmark (They're under Top Level) so they look more like REFERENCES

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Best Answer

Based on @MikeRenfro's comment:

Via section 2 of the appendix documentation, it appears that the page option in your \usepackage line is what causes the extra separator page. You may only want to use the title and titletoc options instead.

I also added \bookmarksetup{startatroot} for each of the appendices to un-nest them from part 1:

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=apa, backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american-apa}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{bookmark}
\usepackage[title,titletoc]{appendix}
\renewcommand{\addappheadtotoc}{}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks=true,
    linkcolor=blue,
    filecolor=magenta,
    urlcolor=blue,
    citecolor=blue,
}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
\usepackage{tocloft}
%\renewcommand{\cftpartleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}} 
\renewcommand{\cftchapleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}} 

\begin{document}
\nocite{*}

\newpage
\pdfbookmark[section]{\contentsname}{toc}
\tableofcontents 

\part{Top Level}
\chapter{First Chapter}
Foo
\chapter{Last Chapter}
Bar

%% Appendices
\begin{appendices}
\renewcommand{\appendixname}{APPENDIX}
\bookmarksetup{startatroot}
\chapter{Foo}
some text

\bookmarksetup{startatroot}
\chapter{Bar}
some more text
\end{appendices}

%% References
\newpage
\singlespacing
\bookmarksetup{startatroot}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{REFERENCES}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{REFERENCES}
\printbibliography

\end{document}
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