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Your PDF is split directly inside your browser. No upload, no server, no waiting. Just select your file, choose the split method, and download.
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Split a PDF into separate files by page range or by every N pages. No uploads, no sign-up. Your file never leaves your device.
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Review Privacy PolicyChoosing the right way to split a PDF
Splitting is the tool people reach for when a document is correct but the packaging is wrong: a signed contract that needs its schedule sent separately, a scanned batch where every three pages is a different invoice, a court bundle that has to arrive as numbered exhibits. The two modes here cover those cases from opposite directions.
Range mode, when you know the structure
Range mode asks you to describe the document. You type the spans you want and get one file per span. The syntax is short and forgiving:
| What you type | What you get |
|---|---|
| 1-3 | One file holding pages 1, 2 and 3. |
| 5 | One file holding page 5 on its own. |
| 1-3, 5, 7-10 | Three separate files, in the order you listed them. |
| 1-5, 4-8 | Two files that both include pages 4 and 5. Overlap is allowed. |
Both ends of a span are included, and numbering starts at 1 so it matches the page number your reader displays. Anything outside the document is skipped quietly, and if nothing you typed is usable you get the whole document back as one file, which tells you the input needs a second look.
Every N pages, when the structure repeats
The second mode ignores content and cuts on a fixed interval. It is the fast path for scanner output where each record has the same length: a stack of two page delivery notes, a batch of four page application forms, monthly statements that always run to six pages. Set the interval and the tool produces as many parts as the document allows, with the last part holding whatever remains.
Before you rely on it, confirm that every record really is the same length. One missing page early in a scan shifts every boundary after it, and the mistake is easier to catch now than after the files are distributed.
What the output looks like
- Names stay sortable. Parts are named from the original file plus their span, such as report-pages-1-3.pdf, so they keep their order in a folder listing.
- Pages are copied, not re-rendered. Text stays selectable, images keep their original resolution, and quality is identical to the source. Splitting never degrades a document.
- Each part is a real, independent PDF. It opens anywhere and can be merged back later with Merge PDF.
- Downloads arrive separately. Download all saves each part in turn rather than bundling a zip, so your browser may ask once to allow multiple files.
Things worth checking afterwards
A split part inherits the metadata of its parent, so the author name and title of the original document travel into every piece. When parts go to different recipients, that detail matters more than it does in a single file. Strip it with Redact PDF if the recipients should not see it.
File size also behaves unintuitively. Parts do not shrink in proportion to their page count, because fonts and shared resources are carried into each one. Three parts of a three megabyte document can easily total four megabytes. Where size matters for email, finish with Compress PDF.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How does PDF splitting work?
- Select a PDF and choose how to cut it: by page range, where you type the exact pages you want, or by every N pages, where the tool slices the document into equal chunks. Each range or chunk becomes its own downloadable PDF.
- Does the tool upload my PDF to a server?
- No. Everything runs entirely in your browser. Your PDF is never uploaded, never stored, and never shared with anyone.
- How do I write page ranges?
- Type a single page number such as 3, or a span such as 1-5, and separate several of them with commas: 1-3, 5, 7-10. Both ends of a span are included, and page numbering starts at 1, matching what your PDF reader shows.
- What happens if I type a page that does not exist?
- Entries outside the document are ignored rather than causing an error. If none of what you typed is valid, the tool falls back to producing the whole document as a single file, which is a useful signal that the input needs correcting.
- Can the same page appear in more than one output file?
- Yes. Ranges may overlap, so 1-5, 4-8 gives you two files that both contain pages 4 and 5. That is deliberate, since exhibits and appendices often need to repeat a shared page.
- How are the output files named?
- Each part takes the original file name plus its page span, for example report-pages-1-3.pdf, and a single page part becomes report-page-5.pdf. The names stay sortable, so the parts stay in order in your downloads folder.
- Can I download everything at once?
- Yes. Download all sends every part to your browser one after another. They arrive as separate PDFs rather than a zip archive, and some browsers ask once for permission to save multiple files.
- Can I split a password protected PDF?
- Not while it is encrypted. Open it in your PDF reader, save an unprotected copy, then split that copy.
- Is this tool free?
- Yes, completely free. No account, no sign-up, no watermark, and no page limit.