Files never leave your device.How it works
How to extract images from a PDF
- 1Drop your PDF above (or click to select).
- 2Click Extract images — every page is scanned for embedded pictures.
- 3Download the images (as a ZIP when there are several).
Frequently asked questions
- Do my files get uploaded anywhere?
- No. The PDF is scanned entirely in your browser — it never leaves your device, and neither do the images.
- What's the difference between this and PDF to JPG?
- PDF to JPG renders each whole page to an image. This tool pulls out the individual pictures that were embedded in the PDF, at their original resolution, leaving out the text and layout.
- What format are the images?
- PNG, which preserves quality and transparency. If several images are found they're bundled into a ZIP for a single download.
- Why did it find no images / fewer than expected?
- A PDF whose "images" are actually vector graphics or text has no raster images to extract. Very small decorative images are skipped. Scanned PDFs, where each page is one big image, will return one image per page.
Get the pictures, not the pages
Sometimes you don't want the whole page — you want the photo, the logo, or the diagram that's embedded in it. HivePDF scans a PDF for its embedded raster images and saves each one as a PNG at its original resolution, right in your browser, with nothing uploaded. It's different from a page-to-image converter: you get the pictures themselves, not a snapshot of the layout.
Every page, every image
The tool walks through every page, finds the images the PDF actually contains, and skips duplicates so an image used on several pages is saved once. When it finds more than one, they're bundled into a ZIP so you can grab them all at once. A scanned document, where each page is a single large image, gives you one image per page.
Good to know
Because it runs locally, even a confidential document's images stay on your device. Vector graphics and text aren't raster images, so a PDF made entirely of those will return nothing to extract. To convert whole pages to images instead, use PDF to JPG.
What counts as an embedded image
A PDF stores raster pictures as separate embedded objects — JPEG or PNG-style data — apart from the vector shapes and text that are drawn with instructions rather than pixels. This tool reads those embedded objects directly rather than re-rendering the page, so extracted images come out at their original stored resolution, not a screen-resolution snapshot.
A common use
It's handy for pulling a company logo out of a template, recovering a chart or photo from a report someone only sent as a PDF, or grabbing scanned photos bundled into one file. For a lighter-weight PDF afterward, run the source through Compress PDF.