Can I pick pages that aren't next to each other, like page 2 and page 47?

Yes — that's exactly what this tool is built for. Click any combination of thumbnails regardless of where they fall in the document, or type a range like "2,47" directly. The extracted PDF preserves your selected pages in their original document order, not the order you clicked them.

Does extraction degrade the quality of the pages at all?

No. pdf-lib copies each selected page's content — text, embedded images, vector graphics, fonts — at the binary level from the source PDF. There is no re-rendering, re-compression, or flattening involved, so the extracted pages are pixel-for-pixel and byte-for-byte identical to the originals.

Is there a cap on how many pages I can select at once?

No practical limit is enforced by the tool itself — you can extract a single page or select every page in a 500-page document if you wanted to (though at that point, you're essentially just duplicating the file).

How is this different from your Split PDF tool?

Split PDF is for dividing one document into several separate output files — for example, breaking a scanned book into one file per chapter. Extract Pages does the opposite: it pulls a specific selection of pages out of a larger document and combines them into a single new file, discarding everything you didn't select.

Does my original PDF get modified in any way?

No. The source file stays exactly as it was — extraction reads it and builds an entirely separate output file. You can extract different page selections from the same source PDF as many times as you like.

Is my document uploaded to a server at any point?

No. Thumbnail rendering (PDF.js) and the actual page extraction (pdf-lib) both run entirely inside your browser tab. This matters for contracts, medical records, or any document you'd rather not transmit to a third party even briefly.

Can I use the range input for something like "every other page"?

The range input supports comma-separated numbers and hyphenated ranges (e.g. "1,3,5-8,12"), but it doesn't currently support step patterns like "every second page" — for that, click the individual thumbnails you want instead.

What happens if I select zero pages and click Extract?

The Extract button stays disabled until at least one page is selected, so there's no risk of accidentally generating an empty PDF.

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What is Extract Pages?

Extract Pages solves a specific, common problem: you have one long PDF, but you only need to send someone a handful of pages from it — not the whole thing, and not as a separate tool for cutting a document into many pieces (that's what a splitter does). This tool works the other direction from splitting: you visually pick the exact pages you want, in any combination, and get back one clean new PDF containing only those pages, in their original order and at full original quality.

The distinction from a generic "split PDF" tool matters. Splitting implies dividing a document into several output files, often at regular intervals (every 5 pages, or at each chapter break). Extraction is selective — you're not slicing the document into pieces, you're cherry-picking specific pages by clicking on visual thumbnails or typing a page range, and everything not selected is simply left out of the result. A 40-page contract where you only need pages 3, 3, and 12 through 15 for a specific clause review is a five-minute extraction job, not a splitting job.

Because the thumbnails render every page before you commit to anything, there's no guesswork about what page number corresponds to what content — you see the actual page, click it, and it's added to your selection. The source file is read-only throughout the process; nothing about the original PDF is modified, and the new file is assembled fresh from the pages you chose.

How It Works

Upload your PDF and PDF.js renders a thumbnail preview of every single page directly in your browser — no waiting on a server to process anything. Click any thumbnail to toggle it into your selection (it highlights in cyan), or type a page range like "1,3,5-8" if you already know the exact numbers you need. Use "Select All" or "Select None" for bulk changes to a long document. Once your selection looks right, clicking "Extract Pages" hands the page numbers to pdf-lib, which copies just those pages — at the binary level, with no re-encoding — into a brand-new PDF that downloads immediately.

How to Use

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Upload your PDF
Drag your PDF file onto the upload area. All pages are rendered as clickable thumbnails in your browser.
2
Select the pages to extract
Click any thumbnail to toggle it as selected (highlighted). Select as many pages as you need from anywhere in the document.
3
Or use range input
Type a page range such as "1,3,5-8" to select pages by number without clicking each one individually.
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Extract
Click "Extract Pages". A new PDF containing only your selected pages is assembled in the browser.
5
Download
The extracted PDF downloads automatically. Your original file remains untouched.

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Why Choose This Tool

Visual Page Selection

Thumbnail previews of every page let you see exactly what you are selecting before extracting, eliminating guesswork.

Non-Destructive

The original PDF is never modified — extracted pages are saved to a brand-new file, keeping your source intact.

Range Input Support

Type page ranges like "1,3,5-8" to select many pages at once without clicking each thumbnail individually.

Fully Private

All processing uses pdf-lib inside your browser — no file ever reaches a server, so your documents stay confidential.

Instant Download

The extracted PDF assembles in milliseconds and downloads immediately with no waiting or email links.

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Key Benefits

100% browser-based — no server uploads, fully private
Visual thumbnail grid so you see every page before selecting anything
Click individual pages or type a range like "1,3,5-8" for fast bulk selection
Output is a clean new PDF containing only the pages you chose, in order
Original page quality preserved — no re-compression or re-encoding
Works with PDFs of any length, from a single page to hundreds
Free up to 40 MB — sign up free to increase your file size limits

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