Often you do not want to send the whole PDF. A landlord needs one page of your bank statement, not all twelve. A colleague needs chapter 3 of a report. A form asks for “the first page of your passport scan”. Sending only those pages is faster for everyone, and it keeps the rest of your information private.
Pick the right method
There are two ways to end up with fewer pages. Both create a new file and leave the original untouched.
- Extract the pages you want. Best when you need a few pages from a long document. Use Split PDF.
- Delete the pages you do not want. Best when you want almost everything except a few pages. Use Delete PDF Pages.
Both give the same result. Choose whichever means fewer clicks.
How to extract pages from a PDF
- Open Split PDF and choose your file. A thumbnail of every page appears.
- Make sure Extract is selected.
- Click the pages you want. Shift-click selects a run of pages. You can also type them, for example
2, 5-7. - Click Extract to download a new PDF with just those pages.
The pages go into the new file in the order you type them. Typing 5, 1-2 puts page 5 first, which is handy when the most important page is not at the start.
How to write page ranges
| You type | You get |
|---|---|
3 |
Page 3 only |
1-4 |
Pages 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
2, 5, 9 |
Pages 2, 5 and 9 |
8- |
Page 8 to the last page |
5, 1-2 |
Page 5, then pages 1 and 2 |
Split a document into several parts
Sometimes you need several smaller files, for example one per chapter or one per person. Choose By ranges and type each part separated by commas: 1-10, 11-25, 26-. Each range becomes its own PDF, and you can download them one by one or together as a ZIP file.
To save every page as a separate file (handy for scanned forms where each page is a different document), choose Every page.
Think about what you are sharing
Before sending part of a document, check two things:
- Do the pages make sense on their own? If page 4 says “see the table above”, include page 3 too.
- Is there anything private left? Account numbers, addresses and signatures often sit at the top or bottom of a page. If a page has information the reader does not need, leave the page out.
Because the tool runs in your browser, the full document is never uploaded anywhere. Only the pages you choose end up in the new file.
Need it smaller too?
Extracting pages usually makes the file much smaller already. If it is still too big for email, run it through Compress PDF.