Split a PDF

Pick page ranges or split every N pages. Your file never leaves your device.

Files are processed entirely in your browser. Your file's contents never leave your device.

Your PDF never touches a server. There's nothing here to ration.

No daily caps. No spinner that turns into a paywall after the third file.

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Your PDF never leaves your device.

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About this tool

Splitting is for a file that's doing more than one job. The scanned stack that's really five separate documents. The 200-page report where someone only needs chapter three. The batch that should become single pages for filing. One PDF goes in and several come out, cut by the page ranges you set, or every N pages automatically.

Type the ranges and each one becomes its own PDF. When there's more than one output, they arrive bundled in a single .zip so your browser downloads once instead of a dozen times. Splitting copies pages rather than moving them, so the source file stays exactly as it was on disk while the pieces become files of their own.

The slicing happens in your browser with pdf-lib, and the zip gets built locally too. No upload, no server, no log of what you split. For a confidential document you're breaking apart before sharing it, your file never leaves your device at any step.

Frequently asked questions

How do I split by page ranges?
Enter the ranges you want, like 1-3, 4-8, 9-12, and each range becomes its own PDF. Or choose split every N pages and the whole document gets sliced into even pieces automatically.
Why do I get a .zip instead of a PDF?
Only when the split makes more than one file. The zip means one download instead of a browser prompt for each piece. A split that produces a single range downloads as a plain PDF.
Does splitting change the original PDF?
No. The original stays untouched on disk. The pieces are brand-new PDFs built from copies of the pages you picked.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. Cutting a document into pieces happens locally: pdf-lib copies the pages from each range into their own new file, and the zip gets built the same way, all inside your browser tab. Nothing in that sequence needs your file to reach a server.
Can I pull a single page out of a large PDF?
Yes. A range of one page, say 17-17, extracts just that page into its own file. List several single-page ranges to split each one out separately.
Is there a file-size limit?
No upload means no upload limit. The ceiling is your tab's memory, and most documents, big scans included, split fine on an ordinary laptop.

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