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Extract PDF pages

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Choose a PDF file first.

Tick the pages you need, or type their numbers, and download them as one PDF or a zip of single pages. The selection stays in source order no matter how you pick it, and every output is reopened and checked. The original file is never modified and never leaves this browser tab.

Lifting pages out, step by step

  1. Open the file

    Press Choose a PDF, or drag the file onto the page. The browser reads it and draws every page as a thumbnail under the Pages to extract heading, with a Page numbers or ranges box above the grid. Nothing is uploaded at any point.

  2. Pick by clicking or by typing

    Tick tiles to flip them from Select this page to Selected. Select all and Deselect all extend the set in one go, Undo and Redo walk it back, and Clear selection empties it. Or type positions such as 16-72 or 1, 5, 16-72, counting from 1 and including both ends, and press Extract and download PDF: the typed set is selected and the single-file extraction runs at once. A mistyped entry shows an inline error instead of running.

  3. Pick one PDF or a zip

    Under Save as, One PDF gathers the selection into one file in source order, while Separate PDFs writes one checked PDF per selected page into a single ZIP download. The run button reads Extract selected pages in the first mode and Extract separate PDFs in the second, and stays disabled until at least one page is selected.

  4. Download the checked output

    Each output file is reopened and read back against its selected source pages before any download appears. Press Download PDF, or Download ZIP in separate mode. One-file output is named after the source with -extracted-pages added; the zip holds one -page-NN file per selected page, and the result line states which pages were selected from how many originals.

Extracting here is free and needs no account. The page loads over the web and then does the whole job locally, so your document never travels anywhere.

Three exhibits hiding in a 210-page disclosure file

A paralegal opens disclosure-bundle.pdf: 210 pages, of which counsel needs three exhibits. The contract sits at pages 44 to 51, the decisive email is page 112, and the invoice run covers pages 167 to 170. Thirteen pages out of 210, in three clusters no thumbnail scroll finds quickly.

Typing 44-51, 112, 167-170 into the Page numbers or ranges box and pressing Extract and download PDF selects all thirteen and runs the single-file extraction at once. The download arrives as disclosure-bundle-extracted-pages.pdf with the exhibits in source order, and the result line confirms which pages were selected from 210 originals. Printed numbers mean nothing here: positions count from the first file page, so a bundle with a four-page unnumbered cover starts its content at position 5.

A typed range always selects from the full original, replacing any ticks placed by hand. That is a feature when the numbers are known and a trap when they are half-remembered: verify the list after typing, because the grid now shows the typed set and only that set.

Extractions that miss their target

Typing printed numbers instead of positions. A manual with six roman-numbered preface pages puts printed page 1 at position 7. Typing 1-10 grabs the preface and four content pages, not the first chapter. Count from the first file page, or tick thumbnails instead.

A typed range wiping careful ticks. Twenty hand-picked ticks vanish the moment a range is submitted, because typing reselects from the full original. Type first and tick after, or keep the two methods in separate runs.

Expecting a custom order out. Page 112 stays between 51 and 167 however badly the exhibits want rearranging. For a custom sequence, arrange the pages first in Organize pages, download, and extract from the arranged result.

Wanting files named by content. Separate mode names files by position, so the decisive email becomes a -page-NN file with no hint of its subject. Rename after unzipping, using the result line as the map from positions to files.

Extracting from a signed original. The pulled pages show everything but prove nothing: the digital seal covered bytes the extract no longer holds. Send the signed original when the recipient must verify, and the extract when they only must read.

When extraction is the wrong tool

Extraction lifts pages out. If the job is cutting a document into multi-page parts, Split PDF writes one file per part with range names instead of position names. If the job is dropping pages from a file that otherwise stays whole, Delete PDF pages marks removals rather than keepers. If one page must become a picture for a slide deck, PDF to PNG renders it instead.

Extracts from several files are assembled, not extracted: pull each set here, then stack the results with Merge PDF. Number the finished set with Stamp PDF when the fragments need one sequence. And a file whose password nobody knows cannot be extracted anywhere until the sender shares it or an unlocked copy.

Short answers about extracting pages

Do I type printed page numbers or positions?
Positions, counting from the first file page starting at 1, with both ends of each range included. A preface in roman numerals shifts everything: printed page 1 may sit at position 7.
What happens to my ticks when I type a range?
They are replaced. A typed range selects from the full original, wiping any hand-placed ticks. Type first and tick after if you need both methods in one run.
Can the output reorder my pages?
No. The selection always leaves in source order; page 9 never passes page 12. For a custom sequence, arrange the file first in Organize pages and extract from the arranged result.
What does the result line tell me?
Exactly what left the building: which pages were selected and from how many originals, such as a selection of thirteen pages from 210. Read it before you forward the file.
Can I extract just one page?
Yes. Tick a single tile or type its position, leave One PDF picked, and the output holds that page alone as a checked PDF. The original file on your disk is untouched.
Does the original file change?
No. Extraction copies the selected pages into new files and leaves the source exactly as it was. Nothing about the original moves, renames or reorders.

More PDFGym tools for the extracted pages

Each tool below runs in its own browser tab, exactly like this one: your files stay on your machine, every result is reopened and checked before download, and none of them asks for an account.

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