Split PDF
Extract pages or split a PDF into separate files
Extract specific pages or split a PDF into separate files. Select pages visually from thumbnail previews, then download the extracted result. Runs entirely in your browser with no upload required.
How to use Split PDF
Upload your PDF
Click the upload area or drag and drop your PDF file. A thumbnail grid of every page will appear.
Select pages to extract
Click individual page thumbnails to select them, or enter a page range such as 1-3, 5, 8-10.
Click Split / Extract
The selected pages are extracted in your browser into one or more PDF files.
Download your files
Download each resulting PDF individually or as a zip archive.
Drop a PDF here
Then select pages to extract
Max 50 MB
What is PDF splitting?
Sometimes you need page 7, not the other 240. Split PDF pulls out specific pages, breaks a document into individual files, or divides a long report into sections — entirely inside your browser, with no upload step.
The tool displays a thumbnail preview of every page so you can select exactly what you need. Output files are standard PDFs that open in any reader, and all processing is local so your document content stays private.
The most common trigger is a size ceiling: a form that refuses anything over 10 MB will accept the same document delivered as three parts, and the parts can be merged again afterwards. The second is scope — sending a counterparty the four pages that concern them rather than the full 200-page bundle. Selection accepts both thumbnail clicks and typed ranges such as 1-3, 5, 8-10, and mixing the two is fine; the range syntax is one-based and inclusive at both ends.
The extracted pages retain all original formatting, including vector graphics, embedded fonts, form fields, and hyperlinks. Page-level metadata such as rotation and crop boxes are preserved exactly. If you need to extract pages and then reorder or delete specific ones, the Organize PDF tool offers drag-and-drop rearrangement in a single step.
Under the hood, splitting uses PDF-lib to copy each selected page object into a fresh document rather than re-rendering it, which is why the operation is fast and lossless. One caveat worth knowing: features that span page boundaries do not always survive the split. Document-level bookmarks (the outline tree), named destinations, and internal hyperlinks that point to a page left behind in the original will be dropped or broken in the extracted file, because their targets no longer exist. If you split a document and later need to rejoin sections, the Merge PDF tool reassembles them in any order, though it will not restore the original outline. For documents where you only want to shrink rather than separate, Compress PDF is often the better fit.
Frequently asked questions
Can I split a PDF into individual pages?
Yes. You can extract every page as a separate PDF file. Select all pages and choose to split into individual files. All processing runs in your browser.
Will the extracted pages keep their original quality?
Yes. Extracted pages are taken directly from the original PDF without any re-rendering or quality loss. Images, fonts, and vector graphics are preserved exactly.
Is there a page limit?
There is no hard page limit, but very large PDFs with many high-resolution pages may take longer to load thumbnails. The tool works well with documents up to a few hundred pages in typical use.
How do I extract a single page from a PDF?
Upload your PDF, click the thumbnail of the page you want, and click Split. The tool creates a new PDF containing only that page. This is the fastest way to pull a signature page, a specific diagram, or a single form out of a longer document.
Will bookmarks and links be kept when I split a PDF?
Page content, fonts, and images are preserved exactly, but document-level bookmarks (the outline) and internal hyperlinks may not carry over. A link or bookmark that points to a page not included in the extracted file becomes broken because its target is gone. If your workflow depends on the outline, keep the original alongside the split copies.
How do I split a large PDF in half?
Enter a page range covering the first half, such as 1-50 for a 100-page document, to create the first file, then extract 51-100 for the second. Each range downloads as its own PDF. This is a common way to get a multi-part document under an email or upload size limit without losing any pages.
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