How to extract one page from a PDF and save it separately

Need just one page, such as the mark sheet from a long admission file or a single invoice from a monthly bundle? You can extract page from PDF files for free with our Split PDF tool: open the file, click the page you want, and download it as a new PDF. The work happens in your browser, so the document is never uploaded, and the page is copied as it is, with sharp, selectable text.

Your original file is not changed. You simply get a second, smaller PDF that holds only the page you picked.

Extract page from PDF: step by step

1. Open your file. Go to Split PDF and choose the PDF, or drop it onto the page. A file of up to 200 MB can be opened, and a thumbnail of every page appears.
2. Keep the mode on Extract pages. It is the first option and is selected when the file opens.
3. Pick the page. Click its thumbnail. The page number appears in the "Pages to extract" box, for example 4. You can also type the number yourself.
4. Create the file. Click the button that reads Create PDF (1 page).
5. Download. Click the download button. The new file is named after the original with the page number added, for example Tech Solution Point - admission-form-pages-4.pdf.

That is all. To take a different page, click it instead and create the file again.

Taking a few pages instead of one

Extract pages puts every page you choose into one new PDF. You can choose them in three ways:

• Click more thumbnails. Click a selected page again to remove it.
• Shift+click to select a run: click page 3, then Shift+click page 7, and pages 3 to 7 are selected.
• Type a list in the box: commas for single pages, a dash for runs.

What you want	What to type
One page	4
Several separate pages in one file	2, 5, 9
A run of pages	10-14
A page to the end of the file	20-
A mix	1-3, 5, 8-

The pages always come out in their original order, even if you type 9, 2. If you need a different order, extract them first and then drag them into place in Organize PDF Pages.

Want each chosen page as its own separate file instead? Switch to Custom ranges and type 2 | 5 | 9: that gives three PDFs in one ZIP. To split every page of a document, see how to save every page of a PDF as its own file.

Will the extracted page look the same?

Yes. Split PDF copies the page into the new file rather than redrawing it, so:

• text stays sharp and can still be selected and searched;
• images are not recompressed;
• page size and rotation are kept.

A few things do not come along. Bookmarks (the outline in a PDF reader's sidebar) are not copied into the new file. And if the original carries a digital signature, the new file is a different document, so do not expect that signature to show as valid on it.

Other ways to extract a page

Our tool is not the only option, and some built-in features do a similar job:

• Chrome on a computer. Open the PDF in Chrome, press Ctrl+P (Command+P on a Mac), set the destination to Save as PDF, change Pages to Custom, type the page number and save. This "prints" the page into a new file instead of copying it, so the result can differ from the original in small ways.
• Preview on a Mac. Open the PDF, choose View > Thumbnails, and drag the page's thumbnail to the desktop. Apple's Preview guide describes this as a way to make a new PDF from selected pages.

Split PDF works the same on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone, shows you every page before you choose, and keeps the page exactly as it was.

If you need the page as a picture

Some forms and websites only accept images. In that case, use PDF to JPG instead: choose only the page you need, pick JPG or PNG, and download the image. It also runs in your browser.

Common problems and fixes

"This PDF is password-protected"

Split PDF can't read a locked file. If you know the password, remove it first with PDF Unlock, then open the unlocked copy. Bank statements are the usual case; see how to remove the password from a bank statement PDF.

You got the wrong page

The tool numbers pages by their position in the file, starting at 1 for the first page. A report with a cover and front pages numbered i, ii, iii will have a printed "page 1" that is really page 5 or 6 in the file. Go by the label under each thumbnail.

The single page is almost as big as the whole file

Pages often share fonts and images, and the new PDF has to include everything its page uses. One page can still carry a full embedded font or a large scanned image. Run it through Compress PDF; our guide on compressing a PDF to under 1 MB explains the settings.

The file couldn't be opened

It may be damaged or only partly downloaded. Download it again from where you got it, then try once more.

Extracting on a phone

Split PDF runs in the browser on Android phones and iPhones, so there is nothing to install. Tap the file picker, choose the PDF from Downloads, the Files app or your WhatsApp documents, then tap the thumbnail of the page you want. Large files use a lot of memory on a phone, so close other apps if it feels slow.

Quick checklist

• Right page found by its thumbnail number, not the printed number
• Mode set to Extract pages
• Locked files unlocked first with their password
• New file opened and checked before you send it
• Compressed afterwards if a form or email has a size limit