Send 3-7, keep the rest
Pull a few pages out of a PDF
You do not need to email a 40-page binder when the client asked for the exhibit. Type the ranges, keep those pages in one PDF, and download a copy. The original on disk is unchanged. Nothing is uploaded.
Pages are copied on your device with pdf-lib. They are never uploaded.
No files yet. Drop them above. They stay in this tab and are never uploaded.
When to use this
Use this when you want a shorter PDF: pages 3-7 of a report, one exhibit, or the signed last sheet, kept together as one file.
“Keep pages in one PDF” is selected on purpose. If a portal wants each page as its own upload, use Split into single pages instead.
Ranges look like 1-3, 5, 8-10. Page 1 is the first page of the file you dropped. This is not redaction: hidden text on a kept page is still there.
How to do it
- Drop the long PDF. The page count is read in this tab.
- Leave “Keep pages in one PDF” selected.
- Type the ranges to keep, for example 3-7 or 1, 12-14.
- Extract and download. The original on disk is not rewritten.
Tips
- Unsure which pages? Organize first so you can see thumbnails, then come back with a range.
- Need those pages as pictures for chat? Export the extracted PDF to JPG next.
- Extracting is copy, not cut. Your binder stays intact.
Questions
- Can I extract PDF pages without Adobe?
- Yes. This page copies the ranges with pdf-lib in the browser. No Acrobat, no account.
- Does extract remove the pages from my original?
- No. You download a new file. The PDF you dropped stays as it is on disk.
- Are the extracted pages uploaded?
- No. Page objects are copied locally. Close the tab and the working copy is gone.