Extract PDF Pages

How Extract PDF Pages works

Type the pages you want and they are copied into a single new PDF, in exactly the order you type them. 1-3, 7 gives a four-page PDF with pages 1, 2, 3 and 7. A range can run backwards, so 5-1 gives the first five pages in reverse order.

This differs from Split PDF, which makes a separate file for each range. Extracting is for when you want one document made of selected pages, such as the signed pages of a contract or the chapters relevant to someone.

Pages are copied, not re-rendered, so they look exactly as they did, with selectable text and full-resolution scans. The copying is done by pdf-lib inside this tab and nothing is uploaded.

Because the pages come out in the order you type, extracting can also build a new document from pieces of an old one: 12, 1-3, 20 makes a four-page PDF that starts with page 12. The same pages are taken from every PDF you add, which suits a batch of forms that all have the signature on the last page: type the last page number once and every form gives you its signature page. Each result is named after its original with -extract added, and fonts and images the chosen pages share are stored once, so the new file is usually much smaller than the original. Links from a table of contents to pages you left out stop working, since those pages are not in the new file.

Extract PDF Pages options explained

When to use it

Extract pages to send only the signature pages of a contract, to pull one chapter from a textbook for study, to make a short handout from a long report, or to collect the pages of a form that a portal asks for.

To make several separate files at once, use Split PDF instead; to change page order and keep everything, use Organize PDF.

About these PDF tools

The page tools, from merge and split to crop, resize, watermark and page numbers, use pdf-lib, an open-source JavaScript library that reads the structure of a PDF and writes a new one. Because it works on the page objects themselves rather than on pictures of them, text stays text, fonts stay embedded and vector drawings stay sharp, and nothing is added to your pages that you did not ask for. None of these tools edit what is already printed on a page: to change wording or fill a form, use a PDF editor. Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked first, since the pages cannot be read without the password. Every tool works on a copy, so the file on your device is never changed.

Extract PDF Pages troubleshooting

"Pages do not exist"

A number is higher than the page count, which the message shows.

"Enter the pages"

Type at least one page number or range.

The file will not open

It is password protected. Unlock it first with Unlock PDF.

How to use Extract PDF Pages, step by step

1. Press "Choose a PDF" or drag PDFs onto the box.
2. Set the options if you need to; the defaults suit most uses.
3. Press "Extract pages". The work happens on your device.
4. Save the result with its download button.

Is it safe to do this online?

With most online tools, "online" means your file is uploaded to a company's server, processed there and kept for a while before it is deleted. Here it is not. The page downloads the tool's code to your browser, and your file is read and processed inside the tab on your own device. It is never sent to TapToConvert or anyone else.

You can check this yourself: once the page and its engine have loaded, turn off Wi-Fi and the tool still works. That also means there is no queue, no daily limit and no file size cap set by a server; the only limit is the memory your browser gives a single tab.