How to extract pages from a PDF into a new file

When to extract rather than split

Extract Pages and Split PDF are close cousins, and it helps to know which one you want. Splitting is about dividing a document into several parts — one file per section, or a file per page.

Extracting is about lifting specific pages out into a single new document while leaving the original intact. If you want one file containing pages 3, 7 and 9, that is an extract; if you want the whole document broken into ten files, that is a split.

How to extract pages in the browser

You can pull out the pages you need without installing anything:

• Open the Extract Pages tool.
• Upload the PDF you want to work from.
• Enter the pages or ranges you need — for example, “1-3, 7, 12-14”.
• Run the tool and download the new file containing just those pages.
• Open the result and confirm the page order matches the order you entered.

Extracting non-contiguous pages

The most useful feature of a good extract tool is handling pages that are not next to each other. You can list individual page numbers and ranges together, and the new document is assembled in the order you specify.

That makes it easy to build a bespoke document — say, the cover page, the summary and the appendix from a long report — without ever cutting and pasting page by page.

Combining extraction with other tools

Extraction is often one step in a longer cleanup, and it works well alongside the other tools:

• Use Rotate PDF first if the pages you are extracting are sideways.
• Use Compress PDF on the extracted file if it is going to be emailed.
• Use Merge PDFs to place an extracted page back into a different document.
• Use PDF to JPG when the extracted pages need to be images rather than a PDF.

Keeping the original safe

Extraction never alters your source file — the tool reads it and produces a new document, so your original stays exactly as it was. Keep it, in case you need a different set of pages later.