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Extract Pages from PDF
Use this free tool to extract pages from a PDF and save them as a new, smaller PDF. Type the pages you want — for example 2-5, 8, 10-12 — or simply tick them in the page grid, and download a document containing only those pages, copied exactly as they are. Everything happens in your browser with a library stored on this site, so your file never leaves your device.
Page numbers start at 1. Use commas between pages or groups, and a hyphen for a run of pages.
Choose a PDF first — its pages will appear here as tick boxes.
Nothing leaves your device. Your PDF is read and rebuilt locally in your browser — no upload, no server, no copy kept anywhere.
How to use this tool
- Click the drop box (or drag your PDF onto it). The box confirms your file name and size, and the tool reads the page count.
- Type the pages you want in the range box — for example 2-5, 8, 10-12 — or tick the pages in the grid. The two stay in step with each other.
- Press Extract Pages.
- Your new PDF downloads automatically, containing only the selected pages in their original order.
How it works
A PDF is a container of page objects, and each page points to its own text, fonts and images stored inside the file. Extracting pages does not mean printing or photographing them — it means building a new container that holds copies of the page objects you selected, together with the fonts and images those pages use. That is exactly what this tool does with the pdf-lib library, which is stored on this website and runs in your browser. Because the pages are copied rather than redrawn, everything about them survives untouched: text stays real text that you can select and search, scanned images keep their full resolution, and links inside the pages keep working.
The range box follows the same convention as the print dialog on your computer:
Commas separate items, a hyphen joins the first and last page of a run, and page numbers start at 1. The tool tidies up after you: repeated pages are counted once, items can be written in any order, and the finished PDF always follows the document's own page order. Mistakes are caught before anything is built — a backwards range like 5-2, a page beyond the end of the document, or letters mixed into the box produce a plain-language message explaining what to fix, instead of a broken file.
| You type | Pages extracted |
|---|---|
| 1 | Page 1 only |
| 3-6 | Pages 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
| 1, 4, 9 | Pages 1, 4 and 9 |
| 2-5, 8, 10-12 | Pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 12 |
| 5, 1-2 | Pages 1, 2 and 5 (document order) |
Extracting is the polite way to share a long document. Instead of sending a 90-page report when a colleague only needs the summary and the price table, send a 4-page PDF with exactly those pages. It is also how you split a scanned bundle — a single scan of ten certificates becomes ten small PDFs, one extraction each — and how you trim a file down to an upload limit, by removing the pages a form does not ask for. If the extracted file is still too large, our Compress PDF to 200KB tool can squeeze it further.
Worked example
A shopkeeper has a 12-page supplier catalogue as one PDF and wants to send a customer only the relevant section — pages 2 to 5 — plus the price list on page 8.
Step 1: He drops the catalogue into the box. The tool confirms the file and reports 12 pages.
Step 2: In the range box he types 2-5, 8. The tick grid lights up on pages 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8.
Step 3: He presses Extract Pages.
Step 4: A new PDF downloads with 5 pages.
The new file holds exactly the section and the price list, in the catalogue's original quality, ready to forward on WhatsApp — no printing, no scanning, no 12-page attachment.
FAQ
How do I write page ranges?
Use commas to separate pages and groups, and a hyphen for a run of pages. For example, 2-5, 8, 10-12 takes pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 12. Page numbers start at 1 for the first page. You can also skip typing and tick the pages in the grid — the range box updates itself to match your ticks.
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. The file is read and rebuilt entirely in your browser using the pdf-lib library stored on this website. Your document never leaves your device, so it is safe for bank statements, certificates and other private papers.
Will the extracted pages keep their quality and links?
Yes. The tool copies the original pages into a new PDF without redrawing them, so text stays selectable, images keep their full resolution, and links and bookmarks inside the copied pages keep working. Nothing is re-compressed or converted to images.
Can I extract pages in a different order or repeat a page?
The pages in the new PDF always follow the order they have in the original document, and each page can appear only once. If you type 8, 2-3 the result is pages 2, 3, 8. For reordering or repeating pages, extract the set you need first, then use a merge or organiser tool to arrange them.
What if the tool cannot read my PDF?
That usually means the file is password protected or damaged. A PDF with an open password cannot be read at all — remove the password first, or ask the sender for an unprotected copy. If the file opens fine in your normal PDF reader but fails here, it may use a very new PDF feature; try re-saving it from your reader and extracting again.