How to take certain pages out of a PDF

Sending a whole bank statement when someone asked for one page hands over far more than you meant to. Taking the page out first is safer and quicker.

Split a PDF
Whichever tool you use here, the file stays on your device. How that works

Step by step

  1. 1Add the PDF and check its physical page count. Page 1 means the first file page, not a printed label.
  2. 2Enter a range such as 1-3, 7, 10-12 or select page thumbnails.
  3. 3Extract the selected pages as one PDF and inspect the saved result.
  4. 4Choose every-page splitting for one PDF per page. Repeat extraction with different ranges for several multi-page documents.

Pages, not screenshots

Identify required pages from the thumbnail preview rather than printed numbering. A cover, appendix or blank page can shift the physical indices. Reopen the selected-page download to check the first and last page before sending it.

Ranges use physical page indices. Nonexistent pages are ignored and repeated numbers are removed.

All content on a kept page remains. Selecting pages is not redaction.

Finding the right page numbers

The number printed on a page is rarely its position in the file, because a cover and contents pages usually come first. The thumbnails show the real position, so click the pages you want rather than typing the number you see printed.

You can mix single pages and ranges in the box, for example 1-3, 7, 10-12. The saved file is named after the original with the word pages added. If you want every page as a separate file instead, choose the other option.

Questions

Can one range produce several multi-page files?

No. It creates one selected-page PDF. Repeat with another range, or use every-page splitting for individual files.

What if the PDF will not split?

A PDF that needs a password to open must be unlocked first with Protect PDF. For a very long document the thumbnails can take a moment, and you can still type the page numbers yourself.

It says those page numbers are not in this document.

The numbers you typed are higher than the page count. Look at the thumbnails for the real number of pages and try again.

Related jobs and next steps

How to delete a page from a PDFRemove a blank page, a duplicate scan or a page you do not want to send, and save the rest as a clean PDF. Runs on your own device.How to split a PDF into separate filesBreak one PDF into several documents, by page range or one file per page, without uploading anything.How to send only part of a bank statementPull out the pages an agency actually asked for, so you are not handing over months of unrelated spending. Never uploaded.

Tools that help with this job

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