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title: "Extract pages from PDF on Android | Nutrient SDK"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/extraction/page-extraction/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/extraction/page-extraction.md"
last_updated: "2026-05-22T14:49:21.559Z"
description: "PdfProcessor can export pages from one document into another document. You can choose to extract a single page, a range of pages."
---

# Extract pages from PDFs on Android

[`PdfProcessor`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.document.processor/-pdf-processor/index.html) can export pages from one document into another document. You can choose to extract a single page, a range of pages, or even multiple page ranges:

### KOTLIN

```kotlin

// Page numbers start at 0. This range contains the fifth page of the document.
val task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).keepPages(setOf(4))

// Keep pages 5, 6, and 7.
val task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).keepPages(setOf(4, 5, 6))

// Remove the first page.
val task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).removePages(setOf(0))

```

### JAVA

```java

// Page numbers start at 0. This range contains the fifth page of the document.
PdfProcessorTask task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).keepPages(new HashSet<Integer>(Arrays.asList(4));

// Keep pages 5, 6, and 7.
PdfProcessorTask task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).keepPages(new HashSet<Integer>(Arrays.asList(4, 5, 6));

// Remove the first page.
PdfProcessorTask task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).removePages(new HashSet<Integer>(Arrays.asList(0));

```

After creating [`PdfProcessorTask`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.document.processor/-pdf-processor-task/index.html), you can start the extraction of the pages by calling the [`PdfProcessor#processDocumentAsync`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.document.processor/-pdf-processor/process-document-async.html) method or the [`PdfProcessor#processDocument`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.document.processor/-pdf-processor/process-document.html) method. Note that by default, all annotations will be preserved. You can queue multiple operations on a document by calling multiple methods on a [`PdfProcessorTask`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.document.processor/-pdf-processor-task/index.html) object before starting processing. The operations will be executed in the same order as your method calls:

### KOTLIN

```kotlin

val outputFile = File(getFilesDir(), "extracted-pages.pdf")

// Keep pages 5, 6, and 7.
val task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).keepPages(setOf(4, 5, 6))
PdfProcessor.processDocumentAsync(task, outputFile)
            // Run processing on the background thread..subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
            // Publish results on the main thread so we can update the UI..observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()).subscribe(
                { progress: PdfProcessor.ProcessorProgress -> Toast.makeText(context, "Processing page ${progress.pagesProcessed}/${progress.totalPages}", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() },
                { error: Throwable -> Toast.makeText(context, "Processing has failed: ${error.message}", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() },
                { Toast.makeText(context, "Processing has been completed successfully.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show() }
            )

```

### JAVA

```java

final File outputFile = new File(getFilesDir(), "extracted-pages.pdf");

// Keep pages 5, 6, and 7.
PdfProcessorTask task = PdfProcessorTask.fromDocument(document).keepPages(new HashSet<Integer>(Arrays.asList(4, 5, 6));
PdfProcessor.processDocumentAsync(task, outputFile)
            // Run processing on the background thread..subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
            // Publish results on the main thread so we can update the UI..observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread()).subscribe(new DefaultSubscriber<PdfProcessor.ProcessorProgress>() {
                @Override
                public void onComplete() {
                    Toast.makeText(context, "Processing has been completed successfully.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }

                @Override
                public void onError(Throwable e) {
                    Toast.makeText(context, "Processing has failed:" + e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }

                @Override
                public void onNext(PdfProcessor.ProcessorProgress processorProgress) {
                    Toast.makeText(context, "Processing page " + processorProgress.getPagesProcessed() + "/" + processorProgress.getTotalPages(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            });

```

You can use page extraction to merge pages of two or more documents. All you need to do is load a compound [`PdfDocument`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.document/-pdf-document/index.html) — for example, by using [`PSPDFKit#openDocuments`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.document/-pdf-document-loader/open-documents.html). Refer to `DocumentProcessingExample` inside the Catalog app for a demo of this.
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## Related pages

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