Split PDF
Split a PDF into single pages or multiple files: click the pages you want, type ranges, or let a rule do it, then download the result.
A 60-page scanned bundle won’t fit a 10 MB upload form, and the form only asks for pages 8 to 11. Both problems have the same fix: split the PDF. One file goes in, several smaller ones come out, each holding just the pages you chose. Open your PDF here, click the pages you want or pick a rule, and download the pieces. Everything happens in your browser, so the file itself isn’t uploaded anywhere.
Quick Answer
To split a PDF online for free, open your file, click the pages you want or pick a rule such as every 5 pages or one file per page, and press “Split now.” Then download the pieces as a ZIP, one by one, or as a single PDF when there’s only one result.
How to Split a PDF File (3 Steps)
Open Your PDF
Drag it onto the page or press “Select file.” A thumbnail of every page appears. A password-protected file asks for its password first.
Choose How to Split
Click the pages you want, hold Shift to pick a range, or type numbers such as 1-3, 5, 8-10. The eye button enlarges a page, and the scissors button marks a cut after it. Prefer a rule? Choose one of the options instead. The tool switches to the matching option when you click pages or cut marks.
Split and Download
Press “Split now.” When the files are ready, take them as a ZIP or one by one. If the result is a single file, you get a plain PDF download.
Key Features
See Every Page First
Thumbnails show the whole document, and an enlarged preview with Previous and Next buttons (or the arrow keys) lets you check a page and select it from there. In PDFs of more than 300 pages the thumbnails load as you scroll.
Pick Pages Your Way
Click pages, drag a range with Shift, or use Select all, Odd pages and Even pages. Typing numbers and clicking thumbnails stay in sync, so you can mix both.
Cut Marks
Place a cut after any page and the file splits exactly there.
Six Ways to Split
Click pages, type ranges, cut at marks you place, every set number of pages, one file per page, or leave out the pages you pick and keep the rest. You can also cap each part at a size you set. Those sizes are estimates, a single oversized page can exceed the cap, and the last part holds whatever is left.
Page Numbers in Your Own Digits
Arabic-Indic, Persian and Urdu, Devanagari, Bengali and full-width digits are understood, along with the Arabic comma and different kinds of dash.
Download as You Like
A ZIP, separate files, or one plain PDF when there’s only one result. You can rename the files before or after splitting, and the downloads follow the new name.
Optional Title, Author and Subject
Fill them in and every new file carries them. Left empty, the new files don’t inherit the original’s details.
Password-Protected Files
The tool asks for the password. The new files then hold page images, so their text can’t be selected.
Built for Big Files and Phones
A cancel button while it works, a warning before very large files, and a compact layout on small screens.
Private by Design
Your PDF is read and split in your browser and never uploaded. The PDF libraries load from the internet when the page opens, and nothing is saved between visits.
What Is a PDF Splitter?
A PDF splitter divides one PDF into several files, or lifts part of a PDF out into a file of its own. The pages are copied, not rewritten: in the usual case each new file holds your original pages with their text still selectable, and your original file is left untouched. In two situations the tool saves page images instead: when the PDF is protected with a password, and when a file can’t be copied page by page. Those files look the same, but their text can’t be selected. Bookmarks aren’t carried over, and form data may not be either. Whichever way you split a PDF document, the tool shows you the pages first, so you decide where the cuts fall.
When Would You Use This?
A portal or email service caps attachments below the size of your PDF. Split it into smaller parts and send them one after another.
A colleague only needs pages 4 to 6 of a long report. Type 4-6, split, and send just that file.
You have a manual or textbook and want a file per chapter. Place a cut after the last page of each chapter and the tool does the rest.
A scanner put a day’s invoices into one PDF. Choose one file per page and each invoice becomes its own file.
You’re sharing a draft with reviewers who each cover a different section. Split it every 10 pages, or at cuts you place, so everyone gets their own part.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I split PDF pages into separate files?
Open the PDF and choose “one file per page” to get every page as its own PDF, or click the pages you want, or type ranges such as 1-3, 5, and press “Split now.” With several ranges, you can tick the option to save each range as its own file.
Will my PDF be uploaded, and will the quality change?
It isn’t uploaded; the work happens in your browser. In the usual case the pages are copied across unchanged and their text stays selectable. For a password-protected PDF, and for a file the tool can’t copy page by page, the new files hold page images instead, so text can’t be selected. The tool tells you when that happens.
What should I look for in a tool to split PDF files?
Three things: whether your file is uploaded, whether the pages come out unchanged with selectable text, and whether you can preview pages before committing. This tool keeps the file on your device, normally copies pages unchanged, shows every page first, and adds no watermark.
How large a PDF can I split?
On a computer, up to 1 GB, and on a phone or tablet up to 300 MB. You’ll see a warning above 250 MB on a computer and 100 MB on a phone, because your browser has to hold the whole file in memory. If your device runs out of memory, try a computer.
Will the new files keep the original’s title and bookmarks?
No. The new files start without the original’s Title, Author and Subject, so type them in if you need them. Bookmarks aren’t carried over, and form data may not be either.