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Export images or selections from a PDF

Last updated on Feb 26, 2026 | Also applies to Adobe Acrobat 2017, Adobe Acrobat 2020

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Overview

Acrobat allows you to export images and text selections from a PDF to different file formats. Each format uses unique conversion settings when you export text or image selections.

Export images from PDFs

Besides exporting the entire document or each page to a different format, you can export each image in a PDF to a separate image file.

Note

You can export raster images, but not vector objects.

Open the PDF in Acrobat and select Convert from the top tools bar. Alternatively, from the All tools menu, select Export a PDF.

The various formats to which you can export the PDF file are displayed.
From the Convert panel, select image format and then from the drop-down, select the desired image file format.
(Optional) To configure the conversion settings, select Settings and then modify the settings as required. Once done, select OK.
(Optional) To configure the image settings:
1. Select Export all Images and then select Settings
2. In the dialog that appears, specify the File Settings, Color Management, Conversion, and Extraction settings for the file type.
3. For Exclude images smaller than, select the smallest size of the image to be extracted. Select No Limit to extract all images.
4. Select Ok.
Note

If you do not select the Export All Images option, all pages within the PDF are saved in the selected image file format.
Select Convert to JPEG.
(Windows) Select the folder where you want to save the image in the Save As dialog box and, if necessary, change the file name.

(macOS) Select the folder where you want to save the image in the Save As dialog box.
Select Save.

It exports only the images from the PDF to the selected image file format. By default, the source filename is used with the new extension, and the exported file is saved in the same folder as the source file.

(macOS) Enable the functionality to rename the files: To enable file renaming during the conversion, you need to disable the sandbox protection.

Caution

Disable the sandbox protection only when required for certain workflows, as it provides essential security measures on macOS.

Export selections from a PDF to another format

To export a part of the PDF file into another format, you don’t need to convert the entire file and then extract the relevant content. You can select text in a PDF file and save it in one of the supported formats: DOCX, DOC, XLSX, RTF, XML, HTML, or CSV.