Extract Pages vs. Split PDF: What's the Difference?
Key points
- Extract for one set
- Split to divide everything
- Choose by purpose
Both tools make a PDF smaller.
Which to use
- Extract Pages from a PDF: turns just the pages you want into one new PDF.
- Split PDF: divides the whole PDF into several PDFs.
Rule of thumb
If you know which pages you need, extract. If you want to divide everything, split.
Use "Extract Pages from a PDF" (free)Tools that go well with this
- Delete Pages from a PDF: Choose and delete unwanted pages from a PDF.
- Split PDF: Split a PDF into several files: one page each, every N pages, or by ranges.
- Merge PDFs: Combine several PDF files into one, in the order you choose.