✂️ Free · private · in-browser
Split a PDF — extract pages into a new file
Pull out the pages you need, or break a PDF into single pages.
Drop a PDF here or click to choose
Split on your device — nothing is uploaded
Take exactly the pages you need
Whole PDFs are rarely what anyone actually needs: the recipient wants pages 4–7 of the report, the form is two pages inside a forty-page packet, the scanned batch contains three separate documents. Splitting fixes all of it — this tool extracts any set of pages into a new PDF, or explodes the whole document into one file per page, with the original left untouched.
How to split a PDF
- Drop your PDF above — the page count appears immediately.
- Type a page selection like
1-3, 5, 9-12. Pages appear in the output in the order you list them — so this doubles as a page reorderer. - Extract and download the new PDF — or use Split into single pages for one file per page.
Splitting is lossless (unlike compressing)
Splitting copies pages whole — text stays selectable, images keep full quality, and the output is often dramatically smaller simply because it contains fewer pages. A 40 MB scan becomes a 2 MB excerpt with zero quality trade-off, which makes splitting the first thing to try when a PDF is too big to email. (If the pages you need are still heavy, the culprit is image resolution — see our guide onwhy PDFs get huge.)
Private by design
The documents people split are the sensitive ones — contracts, statements, records. This tool runs entirely in your browser using the open-source pdf-lib engine: no upload, no server-side copy, no retention policy to trust. Close the tab and it's gone. Combine with our PDF merger to reassemble documents in any arrangement.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
No. Splitting runs in your browser with the open-source pdf-lib library — the document never leaves your device, making this safe for contracts and records.
How do I write a page range?
Comma-separated pages and ranges, e.g. "1-3, 5, 9-12". Order matters: "5, 1-2" puts page 5 first in the output.
Can I split every page into its own file?
Yes — the "Split into single pages" button produces one download per page, named page-1.pdf, page-2.pdf, and so on.
Does splitting reduce quality?
No. Pages are copied, not re-rendered — text, images, and vector content are byte-identical to the original.
Can I split a password-protected PDF?
Encrypted PDFs must be unlocked first (open it with the password and re-save without one), since the browser cannot read protected pages.