Split PDF

Select the pages you need and extract them into a new PDF. Click pages or enter a range.

  1. 1Upload your file
  2. 2Mark the pages you need or type a range
  3. 3Download the result

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Related: Delete Pages · Extract Pages · Merge PDF

Why split a PDF

Sometimes you only need a few pages out of a long PDF — a single chapter, one contract, the pages worth sending. Splitting lets you pick exactly those pages and save them as a new file, leaving the original untouched. Upload the PDF, click the pages you want, and download just that part.

How to split a PDF

  1. 1

    Upload your PDF — drag it in or pick it from your device.

  2. 2

    Click the pages you want, or type a range like 1-3, 5, 8-10.

  3. 3

    Check the selection on the page thumbnails.

  4. 4

    Click "Extract" and download the new PDF with just those pages.

What this splitter can do

  • Pick any pages

    Select single pages, several at once, or whole ranges — whatever you need out.

  • Visual preview

    Every page shows as a thumbnail, so you choose by what you see, not by guessing numbers.

  • Range input

    Type ranges like 1-3, 5, 7-10 instead of clicking page by page.

  • Select or clear all

    Grab the whole document or reset your selection in one click.

  • Original stays intact

    You get a new file; the PDF you uploaded isn't changed.

  • No watermarks

    The extracted PDF comes back clean, with nothing stamped on it.

  • No sign-up

    Splitting works right away, no account needed.

  • Files don't linger

    Your PDF and the result are deleted from the server automatically after an hour.

When splitting helps

It's the quick fix whenever you need part of a document, not all of it:

  • send one chapter or section instead of the whole book;
  • pull a single invoice or contract out of a batch;
  • drop blank or unwanted pages from the end;
  • break a big file into smaller pieces to share;
  • keep just the pages you actually need.

Pages or ranges

You can work two ways: click individual page thumbnails to cherry-pick them, or type a range such as 1-3, 5, 8-10 to grab a stretch at once. The two combine — select a range, then add or remove a page with a click. The chosen pages keep their original order in the new file.

Quality stays the same

Splitting copies the selected pages straight into a new PDF without re-rendering them, so text, images, fonts and formatting come through exactly as in the original. There's no compression or quality loss — the extracted pages are the same content, just in a smaller document.

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