How to Split a PDF into Separate Files

Sometimes a PDF has more in it than you want to send. Maybe someone scanned a whole stack of documents into one file and you only need page 3, or you want to hand off the first ten pages without the rest. Splitting lets you cut a PDF into smaller pieces instead of sending the whole thing.

Split the PDF

Open the split PDF tool.
Add your PDF.
Choose how to split it: by a page range, or into single pages.
Download the pieces.

It runs in your browser, so the file never leaves your device. That matters with PDFs, which often hold contracts, statements, or anything else you’d rather not upload.

The three ways people usually split

By page range. Save pages 1 to 10 as one file and 11 to 20 as another. Good for breaking a long report into sections.
Into single pages. Turn a 12-page PDF into 12 separate one-page files in one go. Handy when every page needs to stand alone.
Pull out just a few pages. If you only want specific pages and don’t care about the rest, extract those pages into a new file and leave the original alone.

Split vs. delete vs. extract

These sound similar, so here’s the difference in plain terms:

Splitting cuts one PDF into multiple files.
Extracting pages pulls the pages you pick into a new file and keeps the original as it was.
Deleting pages does the opposite: it removes the pages you don’t want and keeps everything else in one file.

Pick by what you want to end up with. Several files, split. One trimmed file, delete. A small new file from a big one, extract.

Putting it back together later

If you split a PDF and later need it whole again, or you want to combine pieces from different files, the merge tool joins PDFs back into one in whatever order you drag them.

Common questions

Is there a limit on file size or page count? No. The split happens in your browser, so the only real limit is your own device.

Will splitting lower the quality? No. Splitting just copies pages into new files. The text and images are untouched.