How to take specific pages out of a PDF
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Three tools sound similar and do different things. Picking the right one saves a lot of clicking.
| You want | Use | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Only pages 3 to 7, as one file | Extract PDF Pages | One PDF containing those pages |
| Everything except page 2 | Delete PDF Pages | One PDF with that page removed |
| Every page as its own file | Split PDF | Many PDFs, or a ZIP of them |
Writing page ranges
All three accept the same notation, which is worth learning once:
- 1-3 means pages 1, 2 and 3
- 2, 5, 9 means those three pages only
- 8- means page 8 to the end
- last means the final page, which is handy when you do not know the count
- They combine: 1, 4-6, 10-
Your original is never changed
Every tool here produces a new file and leaves the one on your computer untouched. Nothing is uploaded either, so a confidential contract stays where it is while you take three pages out of it.
Putting pieces back together
Extracted sections can be recombined in any order with Merge PDF. A common workflow is extracting the pages a portal asks for, merging them with a covering letter, then compressing the result to fit the upload limit.