Split PDF

Extract specific pages or split a PDF into separate files. Click to select, drag to reorder — the extracted PDF follows your custom page order. 100% in-browser.

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Drop a PDF file here or click to browse

Select a single PDF file

How to Split a PDF

Upload your PDF file by clicking or dragging
Select pages: Click on page thumbnails to select them
Reorder pages: Drag any thumbnail to rearrange the page order
Page range: Enter ranges like "1-3, 5, 8-10"
Every page: Splits each page into an individual PDF
Click Extract Selected Pages to download in your custom order

Common Use Cases

Extract chapters — Pull specific chapters from a book or report
Remove pages — Extract only the pages you want to keep
Share sections — Send specific pages instead of the entire document
Reduce file size — Extract only needed pages to create a smaller file

Frequently Asked Questions

The tool uses pdf-lib.js to extract pages entirely within your browser. You select a PDF, choose which pages or page ranges to extract, and download the resulting files. No data is sent to any server — everything is processed client-side.

Yes. All processing runs 100% in your browser. Your PDF never leaves your device and is never uploaded to any server. This makes it suitable for splitting contracts, financial reports, and other sensitive documents.

Yes. You can specify individual pages or page ranges to extract. For example, you can pull out pages 3—7 as one file, or extract every page as a separate PDF. This gives you full control over how the document is divided.

No. Splitting simply copies the selected pages into a new PDF. All text, images, formatting, links, and annotations are preserved exactly as they appear in the original document with no quality loss.

There is no hard file size limit. Processing happens in your browser's memory, so most modern devices handle PDFs up to 100—200 MB comfortably. Very large files may take longer depending on your device's available RAM.

Why splitting a PDF is more useful than people expect

Document workflows constantly produce oversized PDFs: month-end financial reports with sections owned by different teams, scanned bundles where each page is actually a separate receipt, contract bundles with appendices that need to be circulated independently. The Split PDF tool extracts pages into individual documents or page-range groups so each stakeholder gets only the pages they need.

Three common split patterns

Every page becomes its own file — ideal for receipt batches, form bundles, or any case where each page is a self-contained document.
Custom page ranges — useful when a 120-page report contains ten chapters at known page numbers and each chapter goes to a different team.
Front matter vs. appendix — commonly used for legal and financial documents where the executive section and the supporting evidence are distributed separately.

Privacy advantage of in-browser splitting

Online PDF tools that upload your file to a remote server are convenient but introduce risks for sensitive documents (financial, medical, legal, HR). This tool runs entirely in your browser using PDF.js and pdf-lib — the file never leaves your device. That matters especially for contracts, payslips, and patient records that you might prefer not to upload anywhere.

Tips for good results

Splitting preserves the original PDF's structure, including bookmarks within each range. If you plan to recombine the pieces later in a different order, name the output files with leading zero-padded numbers (page-001, page-002) so file managers sort them correctly. After splitting, the Merge tool can recombine pages in any new order.

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