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Extract pages from a PDF

Pick the pages you want to keep, such as a chapter, the signed page of a contract or one month of a statement, and save just those as a new PDF.

  • Nothing is uploaded
  • Free, no sign-up
  • Works on phone and desktop

How to extract pages from a PDF

  1. 1

    Drop your PDF on the box. Every page appears as a thumbnail.

  2. 2

    Click or tap the pages you want to keep. Each one gets a number showing its place in the new PDF.

  3. 3

    Choose the order: as in the original, or in the order you picked. You can also type numbers such as 1-3, 8.

  4. 4

    Click Save pages as a new PDF. Only those pages are in the download; the original is unchanged.

Features

  • Pick in any order

    Keep the original order, or put the pages in the order you clicked them, such as the signature page first.

  • Never uploaded

    The new PDF is made by your browser on your device, so the document you take pages from stays private.

  • A small, clean file

    The new PDF holds only what the chosen pages need, so a few pages from a large scan make a small file.

  • Numbered as you go

    Picked pages show their position in the new file, and unpicked pages fade back, so the result is clear at a glance.

Typical pages to pull out

  • The signed page of a contract, to send back without the whole agreement attached.
  • One month from a year of statements, when a lender or landlord asks for a single statement.
  • An exhibit or a schedule from a longer filing, as a file of its own.
  • One invoice or receipt from a batch that was scanned in one go.
  • A chapter or a few pages of a manual or report to share with a colleague.

Choosing the order

With As in the original, pages keep their original sequence however you click them: picking 7, then 2, then 3 gives a file with pages 2, 3 and 7. With In the order I picked, the same clicks give 7, 2, 3. The number on each picked page always shows where it will land, and switching between the two orders doesn't lose your picks.

You pick or typeAs in the originalIn the order I picked
7, 2, 32, 3, 77, 2, 3
12-14, 11, 12, 13, 1412, 13, 14, 1
5-33, 4, 55, 4, 3

Shift-click picks every page between your last pick and this one, and Ctrl+A (Cmd+A on a Mac) picks them all, which together with a click or two to leave pages out is a quick way to keep most of a document.

Picking pages from a long PDF

Previews load as you scroll, so even a PDF of several hundred pages opens quickly, but scrolling to page 300 is slow on a phone. When you already know the page numbers, typing is faster. A worked example: a year of statements in one 48-page PDF, four pages a month, and you need March. Type 9-12 into Pick pages by number and press Add; pages 9 to 12 are numbered 1 to 4. Click Save 4 pages as a new PDF and you get statements-pages-9-12.pdf. Need March and June together? Type 9-12, 21-24 instead.

What comes with the pages

Pages are copied rather than redrawn, so text stays selectable and searchable, images keep their full quality, and links to websites still work. The bookmarks panel isn't copied, links that jump to pages you left out can't work in the new file, and form fields may stop being fillable. The new file is named after the original and the pages in it, for example report-pages-1-3_8.pdf, and the original file isn't changed.

Need more than picking? Organize pages also rotates and reorders by dragging, delete pages works the other way round, and split PDF saves several parts at once. To put extracted pages together with pages from other files, use combine PDF.

Frequently asked questions

How do I save one page of a PDF as its own file?

Drop the PDF here, click the page you want and click Save 1 page as a new PDF. The file is named after the original with the page number added, such as contract-page-7.pdf.

Can I put the extracted pages in a different order?

Yes. Choose In the order I picked, then click the pages in the order you want them; the number on each page shows its place. Typed numbers work the same way: 9, 1-3 gives page 9 first, then pages 1, 2 and 3.

How do I extract pages into separate files?

This page saves the pages you pick together in one PDF. To save every page, or several ranges, as separate files, use split PDF, which can download them one by one or in a ZIP.

Is the extracted PDF smaller than the original?

Yes, usually much smaller. Only the pages you picked, and the fonts and images they use, go into the new file. Three pages from a 200-page scan make a file of roughly three pages’ worth of images.

What is the difference between extracting and deleting pages?

Both make a new PDF from some of your pages. When extracting you pick the pages to keep, which is quicker when you need only a few. When deleting you mark the pages to remove, which suits taking a few pages out of a long document.

Can I extract pages from a password-protected PDF?

Not directly. A PDF with an open password or editing restrictions can’t be changed here. Open it in your PDF reader with the password, save or print a copy without protection, and extract pages from that copy.

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