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Split PDF

Extract specific page ranges or split each page into an independent PDF document.

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Step-by-Step Guide

How to use Split PDF

1

Upload your PDF

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Drop your PDF or click to browse and select the file.

2

Choose split mode

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Select "Page ranges" to specify exact ranges, "Every page" to split each page individually, or "By page count" for fixed-size batches.

3

Enter your ranges

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For page ranges, type values like "1-3, 5, 7-10". Pages are 1-indexed.

4

Split the document

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Click "Split PDF". Each range is extracted into a separate PDF in your browser.

5

Download the files

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Download each split file individually or as a ZIP archive.

Best Practices

Pro Tips

Tip 1

Use "1-1" as a range to extract only the first page as a separate file.

Tip 2

Ranges can be non-contiguous: "1-3, 7, 10-12" produces one file containing pages 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12.

Tip 3

For very large documents, splitting by page count (e.g. 10 pages per file) is more convenient than entering manual ranges.

Tip 4

After splitting, use Compress PDF if any of the resulting files are still large.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Use Remove Password first to decrypt the document, then split it.

There is no hard limit — it depends on your device's available memory. Very large documents (500+ pages) may take longer to process.

Hyperlinks within pages are preserved. Form field data and cross-page interactive elements may not function correctly after splitting if they reference pages not included in the output.

The tool shows the total page count. Full page thumbnail preview is shown in the Organize Pages tool, which may be more suitable for visual page selection.

Basic metadata (title, author) from the source document is preserved in each output file.