Split PDF pages online
Choose the pages you need and split PDF files into smaller documents, one for each page range, without uploading anything.
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Your files never leave your device. Everything is processed in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
How to split PDF files
- Press Choose PDF, or drop a PDF onto the box. Its page count is shown.
- Type the page ranges you want, separated by commas, for example 1-3, 5, 8-10.
- Press Split PDF to get one new file per range, or Split every page for one file per page.
- Press Download next to each new PDF you want to keep.
How the PDF splitter works
The splitter uses pdf-lib, an open-source PDF library, inside your browser. For each range you type, it creates an empty PDF, copies those pages from your file and saves the result. Pages are copied exactly, so text stays selectable and nothing is compressed again.
Your file is never uploaded, which matters when the PDF is a bank statement, contract or medical letter. Ranges are used in the order you type them, and they can overlap if you need the same page in two files.
The logic
Each part of the list is either a single page, such as 5, or a range, such as 8-10. A range without an end, such as 8-, runs to the last page. For each item, pages start to end are copied into a new PDF named after your file, for example report-pages-8-10.pdf.
Example
A 12-page report split with 1-3, 4-9, 10- gives three files: report-pages-1-3.pdf with 3 pages, report-pages-4-9.pdf with 6 pages and report-pages-10-12.pdf with 3 pages.
Split every page on the same report gives twelve one-page files, from report-page-1.pdf to report-page-12.pdf.
Tips and common mistakes
Check page numbers in the reader
Use the page numbers your PDF reader shows at the bottom, not the numbers printed on the pages, which may start later because of a cover.
Put pages back together later
Need some pages in a different order? Split them out, then merge the files in the order you want.
Fix sideways pages
If a scanned page came out sideways, rotate those pages before or after splitting.
Still too big to email?
Splitting reduces size per file. If one part is still large, compress the PDF at a lower quality.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. Splitting happens in your browser and the file never leaves your device.
Does splitting reduce quality?
No. Pages are copied as they are, so text, images and fonts look exactly the same.
Can I split a password-protected PDF?
No. Remove the password in your PDF reader and save an unprotected copy first.
Can I get all my ranges in one file?
Split them into separate files first, then combine those files with the PDF merger.