Extract PDF Pages
Drop a PDF, click the pages you want, get a new PDF with just those pages. Thumbnails make it easy to pick the right ones without counting page numbers in your head.
Why extract pages?
- Pulling out the signature page from a long contract to email separately to a notary or witness.
- Extracting the relevant pages of a research paper for a literature review without sharing the whole document.
- Lifting one chapter out of a multi-chapter PDF for a class handout.
- Pulling the financial summary pages out of a long quarterly report for a leadership briefing.
- Extracting a single ID, certificate, or transcript page from a combined personal-records PDF.
- Pulling the exhibits-only pages from a court filing for a separate evidence binder.
How it works
Your PDF is rendered to thumbnails by pdfjs-dist (a small canvas per page, low resolution). Clicking a thumbnail toggles its selection. When you hit Extract, pdf-lib copies the selected page indices into a fresh PDF in the order they appear in the source document, and the result downloads as a single file. The 'Select all' button toggles between selecting every page and clearing the selection, useful for 'extract all but two' workflows.
Frequently asked questions
Does the order I click pages matter?
No — extracted pages come out in their original document order, not click order. To reorder them, run the output through reorder-pages.
How is this different from split-pdf?
Split takes ranges and gives you multiple PDFs (one per range). Extract takes a single set of pages and gives you one PDF combining them. Use extract when you want 'just these specific pages'; use split when you want 'these chunks broken out separately'.
How is this different from delete-pages?
They're inverses. Extract keeps what you select; delete removes what you select. Use whichever requires fewer clicks for your case — 'keep 5 of 100' = extract, 'remove 5 of 100' = delete.
Will my thumbnails show passwords or sensitive content in clear?
Thumbnails are rendered locally in your browser only — they never appear on a server. They're as private as the PDF itself.
Are my files uploaded?
No. Both the rendering (pdfjs-dist) and the page extraction (pdf-lib) run in your browser. The PDF stays on your device.
About this tool
Extracting pages from a PDF is the cleanest way to share or repurpose part of a document without ferrying around the entire thing. Email attachment limits, recipient attention, and confidentiality all argue for sending only the specific pages someone needs. The thumbnail-grid UX (the same shape as Acrobat's 'Organize Pages' panel) lets you pick visually rather than guessing 'is the contract on page 7 or 12?' — important when documents are long, scanned, or unfamiliar.