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Split PDF

Split PDF pulls page ranges out of a PDF into separate files, delivered as a tidy ZIP. It's how you extract just the pages you need from a long document without disturbing the original.

When to use it

Pulling your tax pages out of a 200-page financial packet, extracting one chapter from an ebook, separating a combined scan back into individual documents, or sending someone just the relevant pages instead of the whole file.

How to use it

  1. Open Split PDF and upload the PDF.
  2. Specify the page ranges: single pages (5), ranges (5–10), or several (1–3, 7, 12–15).
  3. The tool extracts each range into its own PDF and bundles them into a ZIP.
  4. Download the ZIP and unzip it. One split job = one document of quota.

What the output looks like

A ZIP file containing one PDF per range you specified, named by page range (e.g. pages-5-10.pdf). Each extracted PDF preserves the original quality, orientation, and text layer.

Good to know

  • Page numbers are 1-based: the first page is page 1, not page 0.
  • Ranges can overlap — extracting pages 1–5 and 3–7 gives you two files sharing pages 3–5. Useful for context, just be aware of it.
  • The original file is never modified. Splitting is read-only on the input.
  • Extracted pages keep any text layer, so searchable PDFs stay searchable after splitting.
  • For one-off single pages, it's often faster to extract a small range than to split the whole document into many pieces.

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Last updated: October 4, 2026

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