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How to Extract Pages from a PDF

Updated July 13, 2026

You need three pages out of a forty-page contract, or one chapter from a long report, or just the pages of a scan that actually have content on them. Extracting pulls exactly what you need into a clean new file.

Steps

  1. Open Extract Pages and drop your PDF.
  2. Type the pages and ranges to keep, comma-separated — for example 1-3, 7, 10-12.
  3. Click Extract, then download the new PDF.

Ranges and ordering

You can mix single pages and ranges freely in one entry: 1-3, 7, 10-12 keeps pages 1 through 3, page 7 alone, and pages 10 through 12, all in one output file. The pages appear in exactly the order you typed them, which means you can reorder as you extract — listing 5, 1, 3 produces a new PDF with page 5 first, not page 1.

Extract vs. Delete vs. Split

All three tools work with a page list, but do different jobs:

  • Extract Pages — you specify what to keep; everything else is left out of the new file.
  • Delete Pages — you specify what to remove; useful when you’re dropping just a few pages from an otherwise-intact document.
  • Split PDF — breaks a document into multiple output files by range, rather than producing one file.

If you’re pulling a small number of pages from a large document, Extract is usually the fastest path.

Notes

The whole operation runs in your browser — even a confidential document never leaves your device during extraction, and there’s no signup or watermark on the result.

Tools in this guide

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between Extract Pages and Split PDF?
Split breaks one PDF into several separate files. Extract Pages does the opposite direction of work — it pulls a chosen set of pages out and builds one new file from them, which is what you want when you only need a handful of pages from something much longer.
Can I change the order of pages while extracting them?
Yes. Pages come out in exactly the order you list them, so typing "5, 1, 3" produces a new file with those pages in that sequence — not their original order.
Does extracting pages remove them from my original file?
No. Your original PDF is untouched; extraction creates a new file containing only the pages you specified, alongside — not instead of — the source document.