How to extract pages from a PDF
- Open the PDFDrop the document onto the editor to see every page as a thumbnail.
- Select what you needClick the first page of the range, hold Shift and click the last one.
- Export the selectionPress Export selection. Only the selected pages go into the new file, in the order shown.
- Repeat if neededChange the selection and export again to pull out another section as a separate file.
Extracting is the safest way to share part of a document: instead of sending a 90-page report and asking the reader to look at pages 12 to 15, you send a four-page file that contains nothing else.
That matters when the rest of the document is not meant for the recipient. Since the split happens on your device, the pages you did not select are never transmitted anywhere — not to the recipient, and not to us.
Why this one
Exact ranges
Shift-click a range, or hand-pick individual pages from anywhere in the document.
Original quality
Extracted pages are copied verbatim — same text layer, same resolution, same fonts.
As many parts as you like
Export one selection, change it and export again to split a document into several files.
Frequently asked questions
How do I save only pages 5 to 9?
Click page 5, Shift-click page 9, then press Export selection. You get a five-page PDF.
Can I extract pages that are not next to each other?
Yes. Click each page you want; the selection does not have to be contiguous.
Is this the same as splitting a PDF?
It achieves the same result one part at a time: select a section, export it, then repeat for the next section.
Does the extracted file keep the text layer?
Yes. Pages are copied as page objects, so search and copy-paste keep working.
Related tools
- Delete pages from a PDFRemove single pages, a range, or everything after a certain point — and keep the file on your own device while you do it.
- Organize PDF pagesDelete, reorder, rotate and duplicate pages in one view, then save the document — without sending it to anyone.
- Merge PDF filesCombine documents into one file, arrange the pages from all of them in a single view, and download the result.
- Reorder PDF pagesDrag pages into the right sequence and download the corrected document.