PDF page extractor
PDF page extractor
Pull the pages you name out of a PDF, either as one new document or as a file per page.
How this is calculated
The page list is expanded into individual page numbers, checked against the document, and those pages are copied into the output in the order written. A repeated number is kept once.
- Extraction copies page content. Anything attached to the document as a whole — bookmarks, forms, signatures, file attachments — stays behind.
- A PDF that already has a password cannot be opened here. Remove it first with the PDF password protector, which asks for the password you already know.
- Your file is read by this page in your own browser. It is never uploaded, never stored on this server and never sent to anyone. Closing the tab clears it, and the download link is released as soon as you run the tool again.
Name the pages you want — single numbers, ranges, or both — and take them out as one new PDF, or as a file per page.
The order you write is the order you get
Pages are read left to right from the box, expanded into individual numbers and copied in exactly that sequence. 5,1,2 is a valid request and produces a document whose first page is the old fifth. A repeated number is kept once, and a number beyond the end of the file is refused rather than skipped silently.
That is useful for pulling a signed page out of a long agreement, a single annexure out of a report, or the ten pages of a form someone actually needs. Because the pages are copied, their text, images and layout survive intact.
What stays behind
Anything attached to the document — an outline, a form layer, a signature, an embedded file — belongs to the source as a whole and not to a page, so it does not come along. If the destination is a form to be filled, extract from a copy that still has its fields and check the result before sending it.
Choosing one PDF keeps the pages together in the order you listed, which is the normal choice for a document you will send. Choosing a file per page is for when each page goes somewhere different, such as individual certificates out of one register.
Questions readers ask
What does 2- mean?
From page 2 to the last page. The shorthand works in the other direction too: -4 means pages 1 to 4.
Can I duplicate a page?
No. Listing a number twice keeps it once. To duplicate, extract the page to a file and merge it with itself as many times as needed.
Does extraction make the file smaller?
Usually, because the new document holds only the pages you asked for. How much depends on what those pages carry; a few pages of images from a large scan can drop a great deal.
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