PDF Split

Extract specific pages or page ranges from a PDF into a new file. Runs entirely in your browser for privacy.

PDF Split tool

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Example

Input: A 5-page PDF with the page range 1-2,4

Result: One 3-page PDF containing original pages 1, 2 and 4, named <file>-pages-1-2,4.pdf

Commas separate items and hyphens mark ranges. The selected pages are copied into a new file; the original is left untouched.

Page Range Examples for a 12-Page PDF

You typePages in the new file
33
1-31, 2, 3
1-3, 5, 8-121, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
8-8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (to the last page)
10, 22, 10 (original order)
1-4, 3-61 to 6 (each page once)
12-10Invalid: range runs backwards
15Invalid: no page 15

Results from the tool page range rules.

  1. Upload a PDF file by clicking the upload area or dragging the file onto it.
  2. Check the page count the tool shows for your document.
  3. Enter the page ranges in the input field using commas and hyphens (for example, "1-3, 5, 8-12") or use a quick button such as First half or Last page.
  4. Click "Extract Pages" to create a new file containing only the selected pages.
  5. Download the resulting PDF with your extracted pages.

Extracting Pages From a PDF

PDF Split copies the pages you pick into a new PDF. Type a page list such as 1-3, 5, 8-12, click Extract Pages, and download a file with just those pages. Your original file is not changed.

Use it to pull one chapter from a book, send a single invoice from a batch, or remove a signature page for someone else to sign. After you upload a file, the tool shows how many pages it has. Quick buttons fill in common choices: all pages, the first page, the last page, or the first or second half.

A few rules shape the result. Commas separate items and a hyphen marks a range. Pages always come out in their original order, and a page listed twice appears once. So 10, 2 gives you page 2 followed by page 10. To change the order, use PDF Rearrange Pages afterwards. Each extraction makes one PDF, so to split a file into single pages, extract one page at a time.

The pages are copied without re-encoding, so text and images keep their quality. Files up to 50 MB are accepted, and everything runs in your browser with the pdf-lib library. If you would rather remove a few pages than pick the ones to keep, PDF Page Delete is quicker.

Frequently Asked Questions

Separate items with commas and use a hyphen for a range. For example, 1-3, 5, 8-12 extracts pages 1 to 3, page 5 and pages 8 to 12. Spaces are optional. A range must run from low to high, so 12-10 is rejected, and every page number must exist in the file.
Extract one page at a time. Type a single number such as 3, click Extract Pages, download the file, then repeat with the next number. Typing 1, 2, 3 would instead give you one PDF that contains those three pages. The downloaded file name includes the pages you chose.
No. The extracted pages are always saved in their original order, whatever order you type them in. Typing 10, 2 gives page 2 then page 10. To reorder them, run the new file through PDF Rearrange Pages, which lets you drag pages into any order.
No. Pages are copied into the new file exactly as they are, with the same text, fonts and images. Nothing is re-compressed. The new file is usually smaller than the original simply because it has fewer pages, though fonts shared across pages still take up space.

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