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What Extract PDF pages does
Extract PDF pages copies the pages you choose into a new, separate PDF and leaves the original untouched. Tick pages in the thumbnail grid or type them, such as 1-3, 7; they come out in the order they have in the original. Pages are copied exactly as they are, so text stays searchable and images keep their quality, and the document is never uploaded.
How to extract PDF pages in your browser
- Choose one PDF Select the PDF that contains the pages you need. Every page appears as a thumbnail in this tab; nothing is uploaded.
- Pick the pages to keep Tick the pages you want in the new file, or type them, such as 1-3, 7. Nothing is ticked to begin with, and unticked pages are not shown in the new file; click a page to see it full size first.
- Extract and save Select Extract pages, check the page count in the result, then save the new PDF.
Worked example
Send only two relevant invoice pages from a larger statement.
- Starting point
- Choose a statement with the required invoices on pages 2 and 5.
- What to do
- Select pages 2 and 5 in the page grid and confirm that the other pages are not selected.
- Result
- Expect a new two-page PDF containing those invoice pages. Compare its first and second pages with the originals.
If the result is not right
If the action is unavailable, select at least one page. For private details within a selected invoice, use Redact on the extracted copy and verify it.
Limits worth knowing
- Extraction selects whole pages. It does not hide or redact information elsewhere on a selected page. Links that jump to another page may no longer land on the right page in the new file, so click through any you rely on.
- This workflow stops on interactive forms rather than risk losing their fields. Use Flatten first and check every visible answer in that saved copy, then open the flattened PDF here. Keep the editable original; protected or XFA forms may need a compatible form application first.
Questions and answers
Can I extract pages in a different order from the original?
No. Extract keeps the pages in the order they have in the source, whatever order you tick or type them in. To rearrange them, open the extracted file in Organize PDF pages, or do the whole job there: remove the pages you do not want and drag the rest into place.
How do I pull several sets of pages out into separate files?
Extract makes one file per run. For several files in one go, use Split PDF and type the sets as groups, such as 1-3, 7-9, 12, which gives three PDFs. For a new file every few pages, use Split PDF by size or bookmark with Every N pages.
Does the extracted file still carry the original's title and author?
Yes. The title, author, subject, keywords, creating application and creation date are copied across, along with the bookmarks that point at the pages you took. If you are sending a few pages of a larger document to someone outside your organisation, check those properties in Edit PDF metadata first: a title such as an internal project name travels with the pages.
Are the pages I left out really gone from the new file?
They are not shown in it, but they may not be absent from its bytes. If a page you kept links to one you left out, or the pages share images and other resources, parts of the left-out page can still be inside the new file, where no viewer shows them and a viewer search will not find them. If a page must not reach the recipient, make a new PDF from the source document without it.
What is the quickest way to pick most of the pages?
Press Select all and untick the few you do not want, or tick those few and press Invert. Typing works too: the Pages box takes page numbers and ranges such as 2-40, 45 and ticks them in the grid as you type.
Can I extract pages from several PDFs at once?
Not in this tool, which works on one PDF at a time. To gather chosen pages from several files into one, use Merge PDF: add all the files together, remove the pages you do not need with ✕, and drag the rest into order.