How to Convert a PDF to JPG

Step 1 — Add your PDF

Open the converter on the homepage and press Choose PDF Files, or drag your PDF straight onto the drop zone. You can add several PDFs at once and they will convert in one job.

The file is only checked, never sent. The converter confirms the file really is a PDF by looking at its internal signature rather than trusting the file name, then reads it with a local copy of the Mozilla PDF.js rendering engine.

Step 2 — Choose the pages you need

Every page is selected as soon as the document is read, so the default is the whole document. Two shortcuts cover most jobs:

• First page only — for cover sheets and thumbnails.
• A typed range such as 1, 3, 5-8 — for a handful of specific pages. Invalid or out-of-range numbers are reported instead of silently ignored.
• You can also click any page preview to include or exclude it, and the counter always shows "Selected: X of Y pages".

Step 3 — Choose the image quality

Standard (150 DPI) is the default because it matches how the page looks on screen. Smaller file (72 DPI) is lighter for email and chat. High quality (300 DPI) is for printing.

Advanced settings add a custom resolution and a JPEG compression slider. Higher values mean sharper images and larger files, and they use more of your device memory while converting.

Step 4 — Convert and download

Press Convert to JPG. The progress panel names the page being worked on and shows how many of the selected pages are done, so you always know where the job is. You can cancel a long conversion at any point.

• One page: download a single JPG.
• Several pages: download each image on its own, or press Download all as ZIP for one archive.
• Several documents: the ZIP keeps each document in its own folder and file names never collide.

Why converting in the browser matters

Most online converters upload your document to a server, convert it there, and delete it after some period of time. That means your file leaves your computer, travels over the network, and exists on a machine you do not control — often including its text, images and metadata.

This converter works differently. Your browser already contains everything needed to draw a PDF page: the rendering engine is downloaded as part of the page, and your file is read from your disk straight into memory. Nothing is uploaded, so there is nothing to delete and nothing to leak. Converted images are held as temporary browser objects, released as soon as you start over or close the tab.

Read more about how browser-side conversion keeps your document private.

Read more: Convert PDF to JPG without uploading

If something goes wrong

• "This doesn't appear to be a valid PDF" — the file is not a PDF, or its download was interrupted. Try opening it in a PDF reader first.
• "This PDF is password-protected" — enter the opening password. It is checked on your device and never stored.
• Very large documents on a phone — lower the resolution to 150 DPI and convert in smaller page batches.
• A page that will not convert — try a lower DPI; unusually large page sizes can exceed the canvas a browser allows.