Split PDF file

Separate PDF pages into individual files or extract a specific range of pages.

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Split by rangesType 1-3, 4-8… and every range becomes its own PDF.

Every N pagesChop a long file into equal parts in one click.

Pick or remove pagesClick thumbnails to extract — or delete — exactly the pages you want.

How to split a PDF

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Load your PDF
Drag the source PDF onto the page or pick it from your device. It's parsed locally in the browser, so nothing uploads and even a 200-page scanned bundle opens without a wait for a server round-trip.
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Choose how to split
Decide between extracting specific page ranges (type 1-3, 7, 10-14), splitting into fixed-size chunks of N pages each, or bursting the file into one PDF per page. Preview thumbnails help you confirm where each certificate or section starts.
3
Name your ranges
For a mixed bundle, add a separate range for each document — pages 1-2 for the degree, 3 for the mark sheet, 4-5 for the experience letter — so each becomes its own downloadable file.
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Split and download
pdf-lib copies the selected pages into new PDFs and hands them back as individual files or a single ZIP. Text and scan quality are preserved exactly as in the original.

Split PDF in detail

Split PDF reads your file's internal page tree and rewrites it into new documents without ever re-rendering the pages, so text stays selectable and image scans keep their original resolution. When you enter a range like 4-9, pdf-lib copies just those page objects — along with the fonts, form fields and annotations they reference — into a fresh PDF and drops everything else, which is why a split file is usually far smaller than the source. You can slice one document into fixed chunks (every 2 pages), burst it into one file per page, or extract a handful of custom ranges in a single pass. A very common Indian use case: you scan a stack of degree certificates, mark sheets and experience letters into one big PDF at a cyber cafe, but the SSC, UPSC or a state PSC portal wants each document uploaded as its own file under a strict size cap. Instead of re-scanning, you open the bundle here, name each page range, and download clean single-document PDFs ready for the portal. Because the whole operation happens client-side, sensitive Aadhaar-linked paperwork is never transmitted to any server.

If you later need to combine several of these separated documents, you can merge them back into one PDF in the order you choose. When the bundle's pages are out of sequence, use Organize PDF to reorder or delete pages before you split it into individual files. If an extracted scan is still over a portal's size limit, compress the result to shrink the image data further. Scanned sideways? Rotate the pages first so every split certificate comes out upright.

When people use it

Separate certificates for portal uploads

Pull individual degree, diploma and caste certificates out of one scanned bundle before submitting to SSC, UPSC, IBPS or a state PSC portal that demands one file per document (India).

Extract a single chapter or section

Lift chapters 3-5 out of a fat NCERT or reference PDF so you only carry the pages you're actually studying.

Trim a bank or GST statement

Keep just the three months a landlord or loan officer asked for instead of sharing a full-year statement PDF.

Split a signed agreement

Separate the annexures from the main contract so each party receives only the pages relevant to them.

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About Split PDF

Splitting a PDF is the daily-driver job nobody talks about. You've got a 240-page bank statement and you only need three months of it. The annual report has the financials on pages 80 to 95 and that's the only part the accountant asked for. The lease comes with a 30-page disclosure pack stapled to a 5-page contract, and you want them as separate files in your records.

This splitter does it without re-encoding the pages. The PDF you get back has the exact same text, the exact same images, the exact same layout as the source. Splitting is a structural operation, not a render, so quality stays where it was.

Two ways to split, depending on what you need

Range mode is the one you'll use most. Type "1-10" and you get pages one through ten as one file. Type "1-5, 12, 20-30" and you get a single output PDF containing only those pages in that order. Useful when you want a clean excerpt.

Extract mode treats each selected page as its own PDF and packages them into a ZIP. So a 100-page report with "1-10" in extract mode comes back as ten separate one-page PDFs. Handy when you're filing forms one at a time, or when a downstream system wants one file per page.

You can also split every N pages. Set N to 1 and every page becomes a file. Set it to 10 and a 100-page document becomes ten ten-page PDFs. The system handles odd remainders sensibly, so a 23-page file split by ten gives you 10, 10, and 3.

Picking pages without counting

The page grid at the top of the page shows a thumbnail of every page in the source PDF with the page number underneath. Click to add a page to your selection. Click again to remove it. Shift-click selects a range. This is the fastest way to put together an irregular extract, especially when the page contents don't follow the numbering you'd expect.

If you'd rather type the ranges directly, the text field accepts the usual shorthand. Single pages, hyphen ranges, comma-separated. The preview updates as you type so you know exactly what's going into the output.

Real situations where this earns its keep

Pulling out a single chapter from a textbook so you can carry just that on your tablet. The full book is 600 pages; you need 40.

Forwarding a board pack subset. The full pack went out to twelve people; one of them only needs the financials, so you carve those pages out instead of forwarding the whole thing.

Filing receipts for a tax return. Your bookkeeping app wants one PDF per receipt, but your scanner gave you a 30-page document of all 30 receipts. Extract mode breaks that into 30 files, named by page number, ready to upload.

Sending a sample to a client. The first ten pages of a course or e-book as a preview, while you keep the other 90 behind the paywall.

Things worth knowing

Splitting preserves bookmarks and links inside the kept range. A link that pointed somewhere in the discarded pages becomes a dead link, which is the only sensible behaviour.

Page rotation set on the source PDF is preserved. So if a page was landscape with a 90-degree rotation in the original, it stays that way in the split output.

The split output file names default to something descriptive ("source-1-10.pdf", "source-15-30.pdf"), which keeps your downloads folder readable.

If you're working with a password-protected PDF, unlock it first. The splitter respects encryption and will not bypass it.

Privacy

The split happens in your browser. Pages never leave your machine and there's no upload, so even bank statements and confidential reports are safe to run through it. Close the tab when you're done and the loaded PDF is gone.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between range mode and extract mode?

Range mode gives you one output PDF containing the pages you picked. Extract mode treats each selected page as its own file and packages them all into a ZIP. So if you select "1-10" in range mode you get a single 10-page PDF; in extract mode you get ten separate one-page PDFs zipped together. Pick whichever matches what the downstream system expects.

Will the pages look different after splitting?

No. The split is a structural operation. The pages in the output PDF have the exact same text, images, fonts, and layout as they had in the source. Nothing is re-encoded.

Can I split by every N pages without picking each range manually?

Yes. There's a "Split every N pages" option. Set N to 5 and a 100-page document becomes twenty 5-page PDFs. Set it to 1 and every page becomes its own file. Handy when you need to chunk a long document into regular pieces for an upload system that won't accept the whole thing at once.

Will the bookmarks and links survive?

Bookmarks and internal links that point within the kept pages are preserved. Links that pointed to pages outside the selected range turn into dead references, which is the only reasonable thing to do when those pages aren't included.

Can I split a password-protected PDF?

Only if you unlock it first. The splitter won't bypass the password on its own. Use the Unlock PDF tool first if you have the password.

How do I extract just one certificate from a scanned bundle PDF?

Open the bundle, note the page number of the certificate you need (use the thumbnails), and enter that single page — say 4 — as a range. Split PDF copies only page 4 into a new file, leaving the rest untouched, so you get a clean one-page certificate ready to upload.

Can I split a PDF into separate pages without any software installed?

Yes. This runs entirely in your browser using pdf-lib, so there's nothing to download or install. Choose the 'one file per page' (burst) option and it returns every page as its own PDF, bundled in a ZIP for easy saving.

Does splitting a PDF reduce its file size for portal limits?

Usually yes. Because only the selected pages and the resources they use are copied into the new file, a single extracted certificate is far smaller than the full bundle — which often gets you under a 500 KB or 1 MB portal cap without needing to compress separately.

Will splitting affect the quality of my scanned documents?

No. The tool copies the existing page objects as-is rather than re-scanning or re-rendering, so a scanned mark sheet keeps the exact resolution and clarity it had in the source PDF.

How do I split a PDF into two halves?

Enter two ranges: for a 20-page file, add 1-10 as the first document and 11-20 as the second. You'll get two separate PDFs. For equal chunks across a long file, the fixed-size option (e.g. every 10 pages) does it automatically.

Can I split a PDF on my phone?

Yes. The page works in mobile browsers like Chrome on Android, so you can pick a PDF from your phone's storage, enter the pages you want, and download the split files directly — useful when you're submitting an application on the go.