Are images extracted at original resolution?

Yes — at the full pixel dimensions of the embedded data, regardless of how small the image appears on the page. The decoded pixels are saved as PNG, which is lossless, so nothing is degraded in the export. Note that a JPEG-compressed original re-saved as PNG can produce a larger file than the data inside the PDF, with identical pixels.

Why didn't it find the chart I can see on the page?

Charts and diagrams are often drawn as vector graphics — lines and text, not embedded raster images — so there's no image to extract. To capture vector content, render the whole page with the PDF to Images tool and crop the result with Image Crop.

Will I get duplicates if the same image appears on many pages?

An image is exported for each time it's drawn, so a logo repeated on every page yields multiple copies. Download just the first and skip the rest.

Can it extract images from password-protected PDFs?

Unlock the file first with the Unlock PDF tool — encrypted documents can't be parsed until decrypted with their password.

Extract Images from PDF

Extract all embedded images from a PDF file.

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Max 100MB per file

About Extract Images from PDF

PDFs commonly embed images — photos, diagrams, charts, scanned figures — and getting them back out is harder than it should be. Screenshotting loses resolution; copy-paste mangles formats. Convertora's extract-images tool digs the actual embedded image data out of the file: it scans each page's drawing operations, decodes every raster image at its true embedded resolution, and hands each one to you as a downloadable file.

The decoder handles the formats PDFs actually use internally — full-color, grayscale, and even 1-bit black-and-white scans — and exports everything as PNG, a lossless format. You get the image at the exact pixel dimensions it was embedded at, which is often considerably higher resolution than it appears on the page.

Extracted images appear in a preview grid in your browser, each with its own download button, so you can grab just the figure you need instead of everything. As always, the PDF never leaves your machine.

How to use it

1Upload the PDF (up to 100 MB).
2Convertora walks each page's content, locating every embedded raster image it draws.
3Each image is decoded at its full embedded resolution and converted to PNG.
4Browse the preview grid and download the images you want — files are named after the source PDF with an image number.

Common use cases

Recovering the original photos from a PDF when nobody can find the source files anymore.
Pulling a chart or diagram out of a report to reuse in a presentation.
Extracting the scanned page images from a scanner-produced PDF for cleanup in an image editor.
Collecting product photos from a supplier's PDF catalog.

Frequently asked questions

Tips

Want the whole page as a picture rather than its embedded images? That's the PDF to Images tool — the two are complementary.
Extracted scans often arrive with wide margins; chain into Image Crop or Image Resize to finish the job.

100% private — runs in your browser

Convertora processes everything on your device using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Files never leave your browser, are never uploaded to a server, and are never seen by us or anyone else. The moment you close the tab, the data is gone — there is no temporary cloud copy, no log entry, no retained backup.

Because the work happens locally, processing speed depends on your device — but there are no rate limits, no daily caps, and no file size restrictions beyond what your browser can handle in memory. No signup, no account, no payment. The tool works the same in incognito mode, on a corporate network, or after the page has loaded once, even with the network disconnected.