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Extract PDF Pages

Visually select pages from a thumbnail grid and pull them into a new PDF. Shift-click ranges, invert selection, rotate before extracting — all in your browser.

  • Free public tool
  • No sign-up for this tool
  • Processing clearly labeled
  • Instant results

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Processed privately in your browser — files never leave your device

Drop a PDF here or click to choose

Up to 25 files, 200.0 MB each — nothing is uploaded

Examples

Pulling the priced schedule out of a tender

Shift-click takes a run of pages; individual clicks add the strays. Selected pages keep document order in the output regardless of the order you clicked them.

Input

tender-document.pdf (60 pages), selecting pages 14-18 and page 41

Output

A six-page PDF containing pages 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 41, in that order.

About the Extract PDF Pages

Sometimes you don't know the page numbers — you know what the pages look like. Extract PDF Pages renders every page as a thumbnail so you can pick visually: click to select, shift-click for ranges, select-all and invert for "everything except…" jobs, and rotate crooked pages before they're extracted.

The selected pages become a brand-new PDF in the order they appear; your original file is never modified. Thumbnails render lazily as you scroll, so even a several-hundred-page document stays smooth, and everything — rendering included — happens on your device.

If you already know the exact page numbers, the Split PDF tool's extract mode is quicker: type "5, 12-14" and go. This tool is for when your eyes are the selector.

How to Use Extract PDF Pages

  1. Drop a PDF into the tool.

  2. Click page thumbnails to select them — shift-click selects a range, and the toolbar has select-all and invert.

  3. Optionally rotate selected pages so they're upright in the output.

  4. Click Extract selected pages.

  5. Download the new PDF containing just those pages.

Key Features

  • Visual thumbnail grid with lazy rendering for large documents
  • Click, shift-click range, select-all, and invert selection
  • Rotate pages before extraction
  • Original file stays untouched
  • Selection summary shows exactly which pages you picked

When to Use Extract PDF Pages

  • Pull the executive summary out of a long report
  • Extract only the pages of a scan that contain your documents
  • Share three slides from a full deck exported to PDF
  • Grab the signed pages from a returned contract

Limitations and Important Notes

Extracted pages keep document order — use Reorder PDF Pages for arbitrary ordering. Very large page counts (over 2,000) are rejected to protect browser memory. Annotations attached to extracted pages are carried over; document-level attachments are not.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do I extract pages from a PDF for free?

Drop your PDF here, click the thumbnails of the pages you want (shift-click selects ranges), and press Extract. The selected pages download as a new PDF. It's free, has no watermarks, and the file never leaves your browser.

Does extracting pages change my original PDF?

No. The tool reads your file and builds a brand-new PDF from the selected pages. The original on your disk is never modified — this is also why the operation is safe to experiment with.

Can I extract pages in a different order?

Extraction keeps document order. To fully rearrange pages, use the Reorder PDF Pages tool, which supports drag-and-drop ordering, then delete what you don't need there.

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