Merge PDF
Combine PDFs and reorder pages by dragging. Nothing is uploaded.
Split PDF
Extract page ranges or break a document into single pages.
What it does. Splitting a PDF means producing one or more new documents from a subset of an existing one’s pages. This tool supports page ranges (1-5, 12, 20-24), every-N-pages splitting, and one-file-per-page extraction. Output arrives as separate PDFs or a single ZIP, generated on your device.
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How to use Split PDF
- Drop the PDF onto the panel. Page thumbnails render so you can see what you are selecting.
- Choose a mode: custom ranges, split every N pages, or extract every page separately.
- Download the resulting files individually, or as one ZIP.
How do I specify which pages to extract?
The range field accepts the same syntax as a print dialog, so it should already be familiar.
| You type | You get |
|---|---|
| 1-5 | Pages 1 through 5 as one document |
| 1-5, 12, 20-24 | Three separate documents |
| 1-5; 12; 20-24 | The same three, semicolons also work |
| 3- | Page 3 through the end |
| -7 | The beginning through page 7 |
| 1,3,5,7 | Four single-page documents |
| odd | Every odd-numbered page |
| even | Every even-numbered page |
Odd and even are more useful than they look. A duplex scan produced on a single-sided scanner gives you all the fronts in one file and all the backs — usually reversed — in another. Extract, reverse, and interleave with the Merge tool to reconstruct the document.
Does splitting reduce quality or file size?
Quality, no. Pages are copied as complete objects with their fonts, images and color profiles intact. There is no re-encoding step, so an extracted page is identical to the same page in the original.
File size is less intuitive. Extracting 10 pages from a 100-page document does not produce a file one tenth the size. Shared resources — an embedded font used throughout, a logo on every page — must be copied into each output file. Split a 50 MB document into 100 single pages and the total can exceed the original.
This tool subsets embedded fonts to the glyphs each output actually uses, which recovers most of that overhead. Run the results through Compress PDF if size still matters.
How do I delete pages instead of extracting them?
Extract everything except the pages you want gone. To remove page 7 from a 20-page document, request 1-6, 8-20 as a single range set, and the result is a 19-page document.
The tool has a dedicated "remove pages" mode that inverts the selection for you, so you can simply type the pages to delete. It is the same operation stated the other way around, and it is the more natural way to think about redacting an internal cover sheet or dropping a blank scan page.
Can I split a scanned document?
Yes. A scanned PDF is a container holding one image per page, and splitting it moves those images into new containers without touching the pixels.
What splitting will not do is find the boundaries for you. If you scanned twenty invoices into one 60-page file, the tool cannot tell where invoice 4 ends and invoice 5 begins — that requires reading the content. Render the pages to images with PDF to JPG, or scroll the thumbnails, to identify the boundaries, then enter the ranges.
Frequently asked questions
Can I extract a single page?
Yes. Type the page number on its own, or use the per-page thumbnail download button.
Does the original file change?
No. The file on your disk is opened read-only and never modified. Every result is a new document.
Is there a page limit?
No. Documents of thousands of pages split without trouble, limited only by device memory.
What happens to bookmarks and links?
Links pointing to pages inside the extracted range are preserved. Links to pages that did not make it into the output are dropped, since their targets no longer exist.
Can I split a password-protected PDF?
Only with the password. Encryption is applied to the document structure, so it must be decrypted before any page can be read.
How do I split a PDF in half?
Use the "split every N pages" mode with N set to half the page count, or type two ranges — 1-25 and 26-50 for a 50-page document.
Is the document uploaded?
No. Parsing and writing both happen in a Web Worker in this tab.
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