PDF Split Tool
Cut one PDF into separate files — every page, fixed chunks, or ranges you choose.
Document
1-4, single pages as 7, and 12- for page twelve to the end.
Your split files are ready
The download starts automatically. Use the button if it does not.
Pages in this document
Runs in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.
Four ways to split a PDF
Splitting means different things depending on what you are trying to get out of a document, so the tool offers the four shapes that cover almost every case. Whichever you pick, the plan line under the options spells out exactly which files you are about to get, before anything is generated.
Every page
Turns a document of n pages into n single-page PDFs. This is the one to use when a scanner has produced one long file and each page is really a separate record — receipts, certificates, signed forms.
Fixed chunks
Cuts the document into files of a set length: four pages each, ten pages each, whatever you type. The final file holds the remainder, so a 22 page document cut into fives gives four files of five and one of two. Useful for splitting a long report into sections of a size someone will actually read, or for getting under an email attachment limit.
Custom ranges
The most precise option. Write one range per line and each line becomes its own PDF. Ranges may overlap, which is the easy way to produce a full copy and a shorter extract in the same pass.
Cut at pages
Give the page numbers where a new file should begin and the tool works out the rest. This matches how people describe a split out loud — "start a new one at chapter two, page eleven" — without having to compute where the previous section ended.
What comes back
A split that produces one file downloads as a PDF. A split that produces several downloads as a single ZIP, because a browser will only begin one download per action and a job that fired twelve separate saves would be blocked after the first.
The archive is written with the store method, which means no compression. That is deliberate: the pages inside are already compressed, so deflating them again would cost seconds of processing on a phone to save a fraction of a per cent. The files inside are named after the original with their page range appended, so report.pdf split into chunks arrives as report-1-4.pdf, report-5-8.pdf and so on.
What survives the split
| Element | Kept |
|---|---|
| Text, fonts and vector artwork | Yes, copied without re-rendering |
| Image resolution | Yes, no re-compression at any stage |
| Page size and rotation | Yes, per page |
| Annotations on a page | Yes, they travel with the page |
| Bookmark outline | No — it belongs to the document, not the pages |
| Form field values | No — flatten the form first if they matter |
Questions
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere when I split it?
No. The document is read by your browser and the new files are built there. This tool has no backend, so there is no server for a file to reach and nothing is stored or deleted afterwards.
How do I split a PDF into separate pages?
Choose the file, pick Every page, and press Split. A document of twelve pages becomes twelve one-page PDFs, delivered together in a single ZIP named after the original.
Can I split at specific page numbers instead?
Yes. Choose Custom ranges and type them one per line, such as 1-4 then 5-9 then 10-. Each line becomes its own PDF, and pages may appear in more than one range if that is what you need.
Why do I get a ZIP file instead of PDFs?
A browser can only start one download per action, so a split that produces several files packs them into one archive. The archive uses no compression because PDFs are compressed already, which means it opens instantly and the pages inside are untouched.
Does splitting change the quality of the pages?
No. Pages are copied whole into the new documents, so text stays selectable, fonts stay embedded and images keep their original resolution. Nothing is rasterised or re-compressed at any point.
How large a PDF can this handle?
There is no fixed page limit. The constraint is device memory, since the original and the output are both held in RAM. A few hundred pages is routine on a desktop; on a phone a very large scanned document is better split in two passes.
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