About Split PDF
Sometimes you need three pages out of a forty-page document, and sending the whole thing is either careless or simply unhelpful. This extracts exactly the pages you name, leaving the original untouched.
Specifying pages. The range box accepts a comma-separated list. A single number takes one page. A hyphenated pair takes an inclusive span, so `2-5` gives four pages. A trailing hyphen runs to the end, so `10-` takes everything from page ten onward. You can mix them freely: `1, 3-4, 9-` is a valid request. Page numbers are one-based and match what your PDF reader shows. Leaving the box empty selects the whole document, which is useful with the one-file-per-page option.
Two ways to split. *Split into parts* divides the whole document into a number of files you choose: pick a count and every part gets an equal share of the pages, with any remainder spread across the last few so no two parts differ by more than a single page. The Every page preset takes this to its limit and gives you one file per page, which is how a batch of scanned invoices becomes individual documents. *Pick pages* instead extracts a chosen set into one new PDF.
Why this runs on your device. The documents people split are largely bank statements, medical records, contracts and scanned identity documents — often precisely because they want to share *part* of something and not the rest. Uploading the complete file to a stranger's server in order to remove the sensitive pages rather defeats the purpose. Here the whole operation happens in your browser and the document is never transmitted.
What carries over. Extracted pages keep their original content, fonts, images and dimensions. Pages are copied structurally rather than re-rendered, so there is no quality loss. Form fields, annotations and bookmarks are not preserved — flatten forms first if their values matter.
Page order follows your range. Pages come out in the order you list them, not in document order, so `5, 1-2` really does put page five first. That makes it possible to reorder a short document by extracting its pages in the sequence you want.
Encrypted documents cannot be processed and are reported rather than silently mangled. Remove the password in your PDF reader first.
Limits. Documents up to 200 MB are accepted. The whole file is held in memory while pages are copied, so very large scanned documents are more likely to run short of room on a phone than on a laptop.
Questions
How do I write the page range?
Comma-separated: 1 for a single page, 2-5 for an inclusive span, 10- for everything from page ten on. They can be combined, e.g. 1, 3-4, 9-.
Is my document uploaded?
No. Splitting happens entirely in your browser. This matters here in particular, since people usually split a document precisely to avoid sharing all of it.
Can I get each page as its own file?
Yes — choose the "Every page" preset. Each page is saved separately, named after the original with its page number appended.
Are the extracted pages lower quality?
No. Pages are copied structurally, not re-rendered, so there is no re-compression.