Does Extract First Half PDF upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Extract First Half PDF runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: PDF only. Needs ≥2 pages. Max 50 MB.

Should I use Split PDF in Halves instead of Extract First Half PDF?

Use Extract First Half PDF when you need Keep the first half as one PDF. Use Split PDF in Halves when you need Cut a PDF into two equal-length parts. They share a category (PDF) but not the same job.

Extract First Half PDF

Keep the first half as one PDF.

Keeps ceil(n/2) leading pages as a single PDF. Unlike Split PDF Halves this downloads one file, not a zip of two. Unlike Extract Ends PDF this is a contiguous front half. Runs in the browser with pdf-lib.

What Extract First Half PDF does

The interactive controls for Extract First Half PDF load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /extract-first-half-pdf is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Extract First Half PDF.

How to use Extract First Half PDF

Stay on this Extract First Half PDF page (/extract-first-half-pdf). Do not switch to Split PDF in Halves unless you actually want Cut a PDF into two equal-length parts..
Add the file type Extract First Half PDF accepts. Hint from the path: extract first half pdf. Keep the first half as one PDF.
Set only the options that match Extract First Half PDF. Neighbor Extract PDF Pages does something else (Pull a page range into a new PDF.). Tool note: Keeps ceil(n/2) leading pages as a single PDF. Unlike Split PDF Halves this downloads one file, not a zip of two. Unlike Extract Ends PDF this is a contiguous front half. Runs in the browser with pdf-lib.
Run Extract First Half PDF in this tab. Browser memory still applies: PDF only. Needs ≥2 pages. Max 50 MB.
Download or copy the result from Extract First Half PDF. If it is the wrong job, open Split PDF in Halves instead.

When not to use Extract First Half PDF

Skip Extract First Half PDF when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Split PDF in Halves or Extract PDF Pages — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Keeps ceil(n/2) leading pages as a single PDF. Unlike Split PDF Halves this downloads one file, not a zip of two. Unlike Extract Ends PDF this is a contiguous front half. Runs in the browser with pdf-lib.

Questions about Extract First Half PDF

What does Extract First Half PDF do that other PDF pages on this site do not?: Keeps ceil(n/2) leading pages as a single PDF. Unlike Split PDF Halves this downloads one file, not a zip of two. Unlike Extract Ends PDF this is a contiguous front half. Runs in the browser with pdf-lib. Short version: Keep the first half as one PDF.
Does Extract First Half PDF upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Extract First Half PDF runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: PDF only. Needs ≥2 pages. Max 50 MB.
Should I use Split PDF in Halves instead of Extract First Half PDF?: Use Extract First Half PDF when you need Keep the first half as one PDF. Use Split PDF in Halves when you need Cut a PDF into two equal-length parts. They share a category (PDF) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Extract First Half PDF?: PDF only. Needs ≥2 pages. Max 50 MB. Also: Keeps ceil(n/2) leading pages as a single PDF. Unlike Split PDF Halves this downloads one file, not a zip of two. Unlike Extract Ends PDF this is a contiguous front half. Runs in the browser with pdf-lib.