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PDF splitting is one of the most common document tasks — extracting a few pages from a 200-page report, separating a combined invoice document into individual files, or breaking a large scanned PDF into smaller chunks for email attachment limits.
This tool splits PDF files by page range or extracts individual pages, all in your browser without uploading to a cloud server.
How to Split a PDF Online
- Upload your PDF. The tool displays the page count before splitting.
- Choose your split method: extract all pages as separate files, extract a specific page range (e.g. pages 5–12), or split at every N pages.
- Click Split. The tool processes the PDF and prepares the output files.
- Download. Individual page extracts download as separate PDF files; range extracts download as a single PDF with the specified pages.
Split Methods and When to Use Them
| Split method | Output | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Extract all pages | One PDF per page | Converting multi-page PDF to individual files |
| Extract page range | One PDF with selected pages | Pulling a chapter from a larger document |
| Split every N pages | Multiple equal-chunk PDFs | Breaking large PDF into equal parts for email limits |
| Split by bookmarks | One PDF per chapter/section | PDFs with named sections and table of contents |
Things to Know
- Password-protected PDFs cannot be split. Use the Unlock PDF tool first to remove the password, then split the unlocked file.
- Splitting does not reduce image quality — each extracted page is identical to the original. Only the page selection changes.
- Very large PDFs (500+ pages) may take extra time. If the tool times out, split in smaller ranges — pages 1–100, then 101–200, and so on.
- Bookmarks and internal links referencing page numbers not in the extracted range may not work correctly in the split output.
Common Questions
Upload your PDF, select “Extract all pages,” and click Split. Each page downloads as a separate PDF. For a specific range, select the range option and enter the page numbers.
Yes — enter the same page number for start and end in the range option (e.g. page 7 to page 7). The output is a single-page PDF.
Page content is identical — what changes are elements that depend on the full document, like cross-references and bookmarks pointing to other pages. Visual content of each page is preserved exactly.
No — password protection blocks page extraction. Remove the password first with the Unlock PDF tool, then split the unlocked version.
About this tool: Split PDF runs entirely in your browser. No software to install, no account required. Files are deleted automatically. See our Privacy Policy.
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