Extract Pages by Text Search

Search a PDF for a word or phrase and pull only the pages that contain it into a new document.

Your files never leave your browser. All processing happens on your device — nothing is uploaded.

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How does the Extract Pages by Text Search work?

Need just the pages that mention a particular term? Drop your PDF, type a word or phrase, and this tool keeps only the pages whose text contains it — in their original order — and discards the rest into a new PDF. Great for pulling every page that names a person, references an invoice number, or mentions a clause from a long contract or report. Matching is case-insensitive by default. Works on native (text) PDFs; scanned image-only PDFs have no searchable text, so run PDF OCR first. Everything happens in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

🔒 Security & Privacy

All processing happens on your device. Your files never leave your browser, never touch our servers, and are not stored anywhere. Close the tab and the file is gone.

📱 Use it on any device

Works in any modern browser — Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android, and tablets. No installation, no app to download. Just open the page and start.

⚡ Quick & easy

Drag, drop, click. Most files process in seconds, not minutes. No watermarks added to your output, no per-day limits, and the tool always shows the result before asking you to download.

🎁 Always free, no signup

Free to use, every time. No account creation, no email required, no “trial” that converts to a paid plan. We make money from ads so you don’t have to pay.

Frequently asked

No — it's a substring match, so "cat" also matches "category". Use a more specific phrase to narrow results.

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