✂️ Split PDF

Extract specific page ranges from any PDF, or split it into one PDF per page packaged as a ZIP. Powered by pdf-lib running entirely in your browser.

What is the split pdf?

Splitting a PDF means extracting subsets of pages. Common use cases: separate a multi-chapter ebook into chapters, extract one invoice from a batch, isolate a single page for sharing, or break a large document into manageable pieces. Doing this in your browser means files stay private.

How does this split pdf work?

Choose your PDF. To extract specific pages, type ranges like '1-3,5,7-9' (pages 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9). Leave the field blank to split into one PDF per page (output as a ZIP). The tool uses pdf-lib to copy the selected pages and saves the result as either extract.pdf (single file) or split.zip (multi-page split).

When should you use this tool?

Use it to share specific pages of a long document, to break up a large PDF for email size limits, to extract a single chapter from a textbook, or to separate scanned pages that were combined incorrectly.

Tips & best practices

Page numbers are 1-based (page 1 is the first page). Ranges with hyphens are inclusive on both ends. To split into chunks of N pages, do it in multiple operations or use a desktop tool like pdftk. For visual page selection (preview-based), online services like ilovepdf.com/split_pdf offer a thumbnail-based UI.

Frequently asked questions

Can I rearrange pages while extracting?

Order in your range string is preserved — '5,1,3' will produce a 3-page PDF with pages in that order.

How many pages can I split at once?

Browser memory is the limit. Splitting a 500-page PDF works on most modern devices.

Is the original modified?

No — split operations always create new files. The original PDF is untouched.

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