How do I extract images embedded in a PDF?
To extract images from a PDF, drop it into FixDoks's Extract Images tool, which scans every page for embedded bitmap images and shows them as thumbnails with pixel sizes. Set a minimum size to skip icons, choose PNG or JPG, then download one image or all of them as a ZIP, all inside your browser.
Extract Images from PDF at a glance
| Input | One PDF file |
|---|---|
| Output | PNG or JPG images, or a ZIP |
| Processing | In your browser; your files are not uploaded |
| Price | Free, no watermark |
| Download | Free Google sign-in |
| Works on | Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone |
How to use Extract Images from PDF
- Drop your PDF onto the box. FixDoks scans every page for embedded images.
- Review the thumbnails and pixel sizes, and set a minimum size to skip tiny images like icons or bullet dots.
- Choose PNG or JPG as the output format.
- Download a single image directly, or click Download all for a ZIP of every image found.
What counts as an image here?
This tool looks specifically for embedded photos and pictures, the kind you would get from a digital camera, a scan, or a picture pasted into a document, stored as actual bitmap data inside the PDF. It does not pull out vector drawings, such as a logo or chart made from lines and shapes rather than a photo, since those are a different kind of object entirely and are not "images" in this sense; a vector logo is better captured with PDF to JPG, which renders the whole page as a picture instead.
Reviewing what was found
Every embedded image is shown as a thumbnail with its exact pixel dimensions, for example 1200 by 800, which helps you judge whether an image is worth keeping before downloading. Many PDFs, especially ones exported from design software, contain a lot of tiny embedded images used as icons, bullet points or decorative dividers; the minimum size filter lets you hide anything below a pixel threshold you set, so the list only shows images actually worth extracting.
PNG or JPG output
Choose PNG when the image has transparency or needs to stay perfectly crisp, such as a diagram or a scanned document page. Choose JPG for ordinary photos, since it produces a smaller file at a quality level that is usually indistinguishable from the original for photographic content. If an image in the PDF was already stored as a JPG, extracting as JPG avoids an unnecessary re-encoding step.
One image appearing on many pages
Some PDFs reuse the same embedded image across several pages, for example a letterhead logo repeated on every page, or a background image used throughout a slide deck exported to PDF. FixDoks recognises this and lists that image once rather than once per page it appears on, so your results are not cluttered with duplicates.
Downloading
A single image can be downloaded directly with one click. When there are several images you want, Download all packages every image currently shown, respecting your minimum size filter and format choice, into one ZIP file, which is much faster than saving each one individually for a document with many pictures.
Typical uses
| Situation | Why extract |
|---|---|
| A PDF report with charts or photos you need separately | Reuse a specific image in a presentation or another document. |
| A scanned photo album saved as one PDF | Get each photo back as an individual image file. |
| A brochure or catalogue PDF | Pull out product photos for reuse elsewhere. |
Tips
If nothing useful appears, the PDF's pictures may actually be vector graphics rather than embedded bitmaps, in which case try PDF to JPG to capture a full page as an image instead. Set a sensible minimum size, such as 100 by 100 pixels, on design-heavy PDFs to avoid a results list full of small decorative graphics.