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Split PDF

Extract specific pages or page ranges from a PDF into a new document, entirely in your browser.

Runs in your browser. Nothing you add is uploaded.

What the Split PDF does

Splitting a PDF means copying the pages you want into a new document and leaving the rest behind. It is the fix for the everyday problem of needing to send one section of a long report, or file page 4 of a bank statement without disclosing the other eleven. This splitter copies pages losslessly with pdf-lib inside your browser, so the original document is never uploaded.

How to split a PDF and extract pages

  1. Upload the PDF. The page count appears once it has been read.
  2. Type the pages you want using ranges and single numbers, comma separated — for example 1-3, 5, 8-10.
  3. Check the count of selected pages shown underneath the field.
  4. Extract and download. The new PDF contains only those pages, in ascending order.

The Split PDF runs entirely in your browser — nothing you enter is uploaded, stored, or logged.

When to use it

Sending one section of a long document

Rather than emailing a 90-page report so somebody can read chapter three, extract those pages. It is smaller, faster to open, and avoids circulating material that was not asked for.

Redacting by omission

When a form asks for a single page of a statement, extracting that page is safer than sending the whole file. Pages you do not copy are not present in the output at all.

Breaking a scan into per-document files

A batch scan often produces one PDF containing several separate documents. Splitting on the page boundaries turns it back into individually filed papers.

Good to know

  • Ranges are inclusive at both ends: 1-3 gives you pages 1, 2 and 3.
  • Overlapping ranges are fine — each page is included once, so 1-5, 3-7 gives pages 1 to 7.
  • Pages always come out in ascending order. To reorder them, extract first and then use a merge tool.
  • Unlock a password-protected PDF before splitting; encrypted files cannot be read.

Guides that use this tool

Frequently asked questions

Does splitting reduce quality?

No. Pages are copied across byte-for-byte, so text, vectors, and images are preserved exactly.

Does splitting reduce the quality of the pages?

No. Pages are copied as complete objects, so text stays as vector font data, images keep their original encoding, and nothing is re-compressed. A split page is byte-for-byte equivalent to the original.

Can I split one PDF into many separate files at once?

This tool produces one new PDF per extraction. To create several files, run the extraction once per range — for a three-way split that is three passes with different ranges.

Are my PDFs uploaded to a server?

No. The file is read into your browser and the new document is built locally with pdf-lib, then written straight to your downloads. Nothing is transmitted, which is why this is safe for contracts and financial records.

Why does my page range produce fewer pages than expected?

Ranges are clamped to the document. Asking for 1-20 in a 12-page PDF yields 12 pages. Page numbering here is the physical position in the file, which may differ from printed numbers if the document has unnumbered front matter.

Do bookmarks and form fields survive the split?

Page content transfers reliably. Document-level features such as bookmarks and interactive form fields may not, since they are stored outside the pages themselves. Flatten forms first if the filled values matter.

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