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Split a PDF into separate files by picking pages visually, entering a page range, or dividing into equal chunks. Preview every page before splitting. Free, no upload required.
Three ways to split: pick pages by clicking thumbnails, type a page range, or divide every N pages. Files stay in your browser.
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PDF Split gives you three ways to break apart a PDF file without uploading it anywhere. Pick Pages lets you click individual page thumbnails to select exactly which pages you want. Page Range lets you type ranges like '1-3, 5, 8-10'. Every N Pages divides the document into equal chunks automatically.
All splitting is done locally in your browser. Your PDF is never transmitted to a server, which matters when dealing with contracts, invoices, medical reports, or any confidential document that should not be shared with third-party services.
When splitting produces a single output file, it downloads directly as a PDF. When splitting produces multiple output files — for example, splitting a 20-page PDF into 4 chunks of 5 pages each — the files are bundled into a ZIP archive and downloaded together.
Visual page thumbnails let you identify pages by sight rather than by guessing page numbers. This is especially valuable for scanned documents, image-heavy reports, or PDF portfolios where page numbers alone don't tell you which page contains what.
The Page Range input understands standard range syntax used in print dialogs. You can mix single pages and ranges: typing 1, 3-5, 10, 15-20 extracts pages 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 into a single new PDF.
1-5, 8, 12-20. Commas separate non-consecutive pages or ranges.Choose the mode that best fits your task — all three produce correctly structured PDF output files.
Yes. In Pick Pages mode, tap any combination of page thumbnails — they do not need to be consecutive. In Page Range mode, enter comma-separated values such as 1, 3, 7-10, 15 to extract those specific pages in order.
Choose Every N Pages mode and set N to 1. This produces one output PDF for each page in the original document. All the single-page PDFs are bundled into a ZIP file for download.
When the split creates more than one output PDF, all files are automatically bundled into a ZIP archive. The ZIP downloads to your device. Each file is named using the original filename plus a part number — for example, report-part1.pdf, report-part2.pdf.
No. All splitting happens in your browser using pdf-lib, an open-source JavaScript library. The ZIP is also assembled locally using JSZip. Nothing ever leaves your device.
Yes. Scanned PDFs are fully supported. The page thumbnails will show the scanned images, and splitting works the same way regardless of whether the PDF contains text, images, or scanned content.
Use hyphens for ranges and commas to separate items. Examples: 1-5 extracts pages 1 through 5; 1, 3, 5 extracts pages 1, 3, and 5; 1-3, 7, 10-15 extracts pages 1–3, page 7, and pages 10–15. Page numbers start at 1.
Use Page Range mode. If your PDF has 20 pages, type 1-10 and click Split to get the first half, then type 11-20 for the second half. Alternatively, use Every N Pages with N set to half the total page count.
No. The tool copies pages at the PDF structure level — it does not re-render, re-encode, or modify any content. Text remains searchable, images retain full resolution, and fonts remain embedded exactly as in the original.
First use the PDF Page Organizer to rearrange pages into the order you want, download the reordered PDF, and then use PDF Split to divide it into sections. Use thePDF Page Organizer
No enforced limit. The tool has been tested with PDFs up to 300 pages. Thumbnail rendering for very long documents takes longer, but splitting itself is fast regardless of page count.