Extract pages from PDF
Upload a PDF, enter the pages or ranges you want to keep (like 1-3, 8), and FileTinker copies just those into a new PDF. Everything runs in your browser — your file is never uploaded.
How to extract pages from a PDF
- Upload your PDF — it's read in your browser and never uploaded.
- Enter the pages or ranges to keep, e.g. 1-3, 8.
- Click extract and download the new PDF with just those pages.
About extracting PDF pages
Extracting pulls the pages you need — a single chapter, a form, a few key pages — into a fresh PDF, leaving the original untouched. FileTinker copies the selected pages in the order you list them, at full quality.
It runs in your browser with pdf-lib, so your document never leaves your device — handy for sharing only the relevant pages of a contract or report. No upload, queue or sign-up.
The numbers you enter refer to a page's position in the file, which is not always the number printed on it. Reports often open with a cover, contents and a few roman-numbered pages, so printed page 1 might be the fifth page of the PDF. Scroll to the page in your viewer and read the position from its page counter before typing the range.
Extraction is also a quick fix for oversized attachments. Instead of compressing a 60-page report to squeeze under an email limit, send only the pages the recipient actually needs — the signature page of an agreement, the summary of a statement, one ticket from a booking confirmation. The original stays complete in your records, while the copy you share is smaller and free of unrelated material.
Frequently asked questions
How do I extract pages from a PDF?
Add your PDF and enter the pages or ranges to keep — for example 2-4, 10. FileTinker copies exactly those pages, in order, into a new document to download.
Can I extract a range of pages?
Yes. Use a dash for ranges and commas to combine them, like 1-3, 7. Single pages and ranges can be mixed.
Is this the same as splitting a PDF?
It's related — extracting pulls a chosen set of pages into one new PDF. To break a PDF into several separate files instead, use the Split PDF tool.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. The PDF is processed entirely in your browser; it never leaves your device.
Why is the extracted PDF still large?
A PDF's size lives mostly in its content, not its page count. If the pages you keep hold scanned images or high-resolution photos, they carry that data with them, so even a two-page extract can run to several megabytes. Extracting trims everything else away; if the result is still too big to send, compress it as a separate step afterwards.