Type 2,5-7 — get a new PDF with exactly those pages
| You type | Pages in the output | Count |
|---|---|---|
4 | 4 | 1 page |
2,5,9 | 2, 5, 9 | 3 pages |
5-7 | 5, 6, 7 | 3 pages |
2,5-7,20 | 2, 5, 6, 7, 20 | 5 pages |
4-end (24-page file) | 4 through 24 | 21 pages |
1,1-3 | 1, 2, 3 — duplicates collapse | 3 pages |
20,5-7,2 (as typed) | 20, 5, 6, 7, 2 — your order, kept | 5 pages |
Ranges include both endpoints, "end" (or "last") stands for the final page number, and whitespace is ignored — 2, 5-7 and 2,5-7 are the same input. Every resolved list is shown as chips before you download, so there are no surprises.
Extracting is the polite sibling of splitting: you point at a set of pages, and the tool builds one new document that contains copies of those pages and nothing else. Under the hood it parses your selection into an exact page list, copies the chosen page objects into a fresh PDF with pdf-lib, and hands you the result. Because pages are copied rather than re-rendered, text stays selectable, images keep their resolution, and forms and annotations on the chosen pages travel with them.
Your input is split on commas; each entry is a number, a range like 5-7, or a range ending in end. Ranges are inclusive, duplicates collapse, and the validator rejects the three classics before any work happens: pages before 1, pages past the end of the document, and backwards ranges like 7-5. If the box says 25 on a 24-page file, you'll see exactly that error — not a wrong download.
Open the PDF (the page count appears immediately), type the selection, and read the chips: they show the precise resolved list, so "5-7" visibly becomes 5, 6, 7. Leave the order box unticked to keep your typed order — handy for pulling a summary to the front — or tick it to keep the document's own sequence. The download appends -extracted to your filename.
A 24-page quarterly report needs to go to someone who should see only the summary and two exhibits. Type 2,5-7,20: the parser resolves it to pages 2, 5, 6, 7, 20 — five pages — and the download is a 5-page PDF containing exactly those, in that order. The original 24-page file sits untouched on disk, and searching the extract finds nothing from the 19 pages left out. Want the exhibits in front instead? Type 20,2,5-7 and the output runs 20, 2, 5, 6, 7.
Three related jobs live next door: splitting when you want many files, deleting pages when it's easier to name what goes, and merging when the extract needs company.
Open the PDF in an extractor, type the pages you want — single numbers, comma-separated lists, and ranges like 5-7 all work, and "end" means the last page — then download the new file it builds. This tool runs in your browser, so there's no upload, no account, and no watermark.
It extracts pages 2, 5, 6, and 7 into a new PDF. Commas separate entries, and a hyphen range is inclusive on both ends. The status line always shows the exact resolved list — here 4 pages — before you download anything.
Extracting keeps one subset as a single new file: 24 pages in, pages 2,5-7,20 out, one PDF. Splitting cuts the document into multiple files by range, chunk size, or one file per page. If you want exactly one smaller document, extract; if you want many outputs, split.
Yes. By default the output follows the order you typed — 20,5-7,2 produces a PDF whose pages run 20, 5, 6, 7, 2. If you'd rather keep the document's own order, tick "keep document order" and any selection comes out sorted.
No. The pages you chose are copied into a brand-new document and downloaded alongside the original, which stays on your disk untouched. The extracted text stays selectable and searchable — pages are copied, not re-rendered.
Deliberate repeats are collapsed (1,1-3 resolves to 1, 2, 3) to protect you from accidental double-typed entries. If you genuinely need a page twice — say a cover at front and back — run the extractor once for the body and then prepend the cover with a merge tool.