How to Extract Specific Pages from a PDF

Published 15 May 2026 · A guide from PDF Splitter

Sometimes you only need part of a PDF: one page of a contract to send to a colleague, a chart from a research paper, the receipt from a long order confirmation, or a single chapter from an ebook. Rather than sending the entire document, you can extract just the pages you want into a new, smaller PDF. Here's how to do it for free, in your browser.

When to extract instead of splitting everything

If you want every page of a PDF as a separate file, use the each page as a separate PDF option in the splitter. If you only want certain pages — for example pages 5 to 7, or just page 12 — use the custom ranges mode instead. It produces only the files you ask for and ignores the rest.

Step-by-step

Open the splitter. Go to the PDF Splitter homepage.
Choose the PDF. Drag it onto the upload box, or click to pick a file.
Select Custom ranges. Pick the third option under "How do you want to split it?".
Type the pages you want. For example 5 for a single page, or 1-3, 7, 9-11 to pull out three groups in one go.
Click Split PDF. A separate file is produced for each comma-separated range.

Understanding the range syntax

The custom ranges field takes a comma-separated list. Each item is either a single page number or a hyphenated range. Spaces are optional.

5 → one file containing page 5.
5-8 → one file containing pages 5, 6, 7 and 8.
1, 3, 5 → three files, each containing a single page.
1-3, 7 → two files: one with pages 1–3, one with page 7.
1-10 on a 10-page PDF → the tool will tell you that's just the original; pick a narrower range.

Each comma in your input creates a new output file. Pages within a single range are combined into one PDF.

A worked example

Imagine you have a 50-page contract called contract.pdf and the signing pages are page 5, page 22, and pages 47–48. You want a short version that contains just those pages, ready to send to a witness.

Drop the contract into the splitter.
Select Custom ranges.
Enter 5, 22, 47-48.
Choose One ZIP file as the download.
Click Split PDF.

You'll get a ZIP containing three PDFs: contract-page-5.pdf, contract-page-22.pdf, and contract-pages-47-48.pdf. If you'd rather have all three groups combined into a single PDF, see the FAQ below.

Tips

Use the actual page numbers, starting from 1 for the first page. The printed page numbers in the document content (which may use Roman numerals for a preface or restart numbering for chapters) are ignored.
Double-check ranges before splitting. If you type 3-5 on a four-page PDF, you'll see a friendly error rather than a broken file.
Keep your original — just in case you want to go back and extract different pages.

Ready to extract some pages?

Open the splitter, pick Custom ranges, and type the pages you want.

Open the PDF Splitter

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between splitting and extracting?

Splitting usually means cutting a PDF into multiple files covering all pages. Extracting means pulling only the pages you want into a new PDF, leaving the rest behind. The custom ranges mode in this tool handles both.

Can I extract several non-consecutive pages into a single file?

Not directly — each range you enter becomes its own output file. To combine non-consecutive pages into one PDF, first extract them as separate files, then use a PDF merge tool to join them.

Which page numbers should I use?

Use the actual page count starting from 1 for the first page in the document. The printed page numbers in the document content (which may start at "i" for a preface, or skip numbers) are ignored.

Is there a limit on how many pages I can extract?

There is no fixed limit. Because the splitter runs in your browser, the practical limit is your device's available memory. Hundreds of pages are fine on a modern laptop.