Pick pages by looking at them
Typing page numbers works when you know them. When you do not, you end up scrolling through a document counting pages. This tool renders a thumbnail of every page, so you can pick what you need by sight, including pages you only recognize by their layout, such as a signature page or a chart.
Selected pages are copied into a new PDF in their original order, at full quality. The source file is never changed, so you can run the tool again with a different selection whenever you like.
How to extract pages from a PDF
Step 1: Add your PDF
Drop one file, up to 200 MB. Page previews are rendered as it loads.
Step 2: Select pages
Click any thumbnail to select or deselect it. The counter shows how many of the total are selected.
Step 3: Use Select All or Clear All
Start from everything and remove a few, or start from nothing and add a few.
Step 4: Download the new PDF
The selected pages are saved as a new document in page order.
What the extractor gives you
Visual page thumbnails
Every page is rendered so you can recognize it instead of counting.
Any combination of pages
Scattered pages such as 2, 9 and 40 are as easy as a block.
Select all and clear all
Quick starting points for large documents.
Original order and quality
Pages keep their order, size and selectable text.
When to extract pages
Signature pages. Send only the pages that need signing.
Evidence and appendices. Pull the handful of pages a case or claim actually needs.
Study material. Keep the chapters you are working on out of a large textbook.
Removing pages. Select everything except the pages you want gone and save the rest.
Extract or split: which tool?
Use the page extractor when you want one new document containing a specific set of pages, especially when those pages are not next to each other. Use the splitter when you want several documents out of one, such as a file per chapter or per page.
To delete pages, the extractor is the tool: press Select All, deselect the pages you do not want, and download. The result is your document minus those pages.
- Scattered pages into one file: extractor.
- One file into many files: splitter.
- Deleting pages: extractor with Select All.
Large documents and previews
Thumbnails are rendered page by page in your browser, so a document with hundreds of pages takes a moment to display fully. Selection works as soon as a page appears, and the extraction itself is fast because pages are copied rather than re-rendered.
The new PDF keeps the fonts and images used by the pages you kept, so it is usually far smaller than the original when you extract a few pages from a long document.
Tips for extracting pages
- Use Select All then deselect when you want to keep most of the document.
- Extract first, then compress if the result is still large.
- Extract the pages you need from several documents, then merge them into one file.
- The source file is never modified, so experiment freely.
Extract pages FAQ
Can I pick pages that are not next to each other?
Yes. Click any combination of thumbnails; they are saved in their original order.
How do I delete pages instead?
Press Select All, deselect the pages you want removed, and download the result.
Does the original file change?
No. A new PDF is created and your original stays as it is.
Is quality reduced?
No. Pages are copied, not re-rendered, so text and images are unchanged.
Why are the thumbnails slow on a big file?
Every page is rendered in your browser. You can start selecting as soon as pages appear.
Is my document uploaded?
No. Everything happens on your device.