Extract PDF Pages
Save selected pages as a new PDF.
How to use Extract PDF Pages
Select your PDF file.
Enter the pages to extract, for example 1-2, 5.
Click Extract pages.
Download a new PDF that contains only those pages.
Extract pages from a PDF instead of sending the whole thing
To extract pages from a PDF is to save a chosen set of them as a brand-new file, leaving the original untouched. It is the move when someone needs pages 4 to 6 of a 90-page manual, when an accountant wants only the summary page of a statement, when a reviewer should see one chapter and not the whole thesis, or when a signed page needs to go on file separately from the contract it belongs to.
Type the pages you want — 1-2, 5, 8-10 — click Extract pages and download the result. Pages come out in ascending document order. The original file stays exactly as it was on your device, so there is no risk of losing anything: extraction creates, it never removes.
Extract, split or delete: choosing the right tool
These three sound alike and are used interchangeably, but they answer different questions. Extract gives you one new PDF containing the pages you name. Split cuts a document into several files, one per range or one per page, which is what you want when a scanner produced one long file from a stack of separate documents. Delete removes named pages and keeps the rest in one file.
The practical rule: if you can say which pages you want, extract. If you can more easily say which pages you do not want, delete. If you want many files out of one, split. Picking the right one saves a second pass and, for long documents, a lot of counting.
A worked example: a 120-page scan bundle where you need the signed page 47 and the two-page annex on 88 and 89. That is one extract job with the range 47, 88-89, producing a three-page PDF in a second — no splitting into 120 files, no deleting 117 pages.
- Extract: one new PDF, only the pages you list.
- Delete: the same PDF minus the pages you list.
- Split: several PDFs, by range or one per page.
What the extracted file contains
Pages are copied intact, not re-rendered, so extraction is lossless: the text is selectable, images keep their original compression, and vector drawings stay crisp. Fonts and resources are carried across as needed, which is why an extracted page is typically a small file even when the source was large — a single page pulled from a 40 MB scan bundle is just that page's worth of data.
Form fields and annotations on the extracted pages are preserved. Bookmarks and links that pointed elsewhere in the source document are dropped, since their targets are not in the new file. If you need the extracted pages combined with other material later, the Merge PDF tool joins them without any further loss.
- Small output: only the resources the chosen pages use are copied.
- Fields and annotations on those pages are kept.
- Merge the result with other files later without any loss.
Why extraction runs on your device
Every step runs inside your browser, using the WebAssembly and Canvas APIs your device already ships with. No file is uploaded, no copy is kept, and nothing sits in a queue on a server waiting to be deleted — which is also why the tool keeps working with the network disconnected.
Extracting is precisely what you do when a document contains more than you are willing to share. Uploading the entire file to a server in order to keep three pages of it defeats the purpose. Here the whole operation — reading the source, copying the pages, writing the new PDF — happens in your browser, free, without an account, and the original never leaves your machine.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between extracting and splitting?
Extracting produces one new PDF with the pages you choose. Splitting can produce several separate PDFs, one per range or per page.
Do the extracted pages keep their quality?
Yes. Pages are copied as-is, without any re-compression.
Is this private?
Yes. Extraction happens in your browser; the PDF is never uploaded.
What is the difference between extracting and splitting?
Extracting produces one new PDF containing only the pages you list. Splitting produces several PDFs, one per range or one per page. Use extract when you want a single file with selected pages.
Do the extracted pages keep their quality?
Yes. Pages are copied as-is, without re-compression or re-rendering. Text, images and vector graphics are identical to the original.
Can I extract pages in a different order?
Extracted pages follow the document order. To change the order as well, extract first and then use the Organize PDF tool to drag the pages into the sequence you want.
Is there a limit on how many pages I can extract?
No. You can extract a single page or hundreds, from a document of any length, with no watermark and no sign-up. Processing runs locally, so very large files are limited only by your device's memory.
Does the original PDF change?
No. Extraction writes a new file and leaves the source exactly as it was. Nothing is removed from the original.
Is this private?
Yes. Extraction happens in your browser; the PDF is never uploaded to a server and the tool works with the network disconnected.
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