Split PDF

A range as one file. This is what you want when a lecturer posts a 300 page course pack and you need chapter four. Type 1-3, 7, 11-14 and you get a single PDF holding exactly those pages, in page order, with duplicates ignored.

Every page as its own file. This is for feeding pages into something else one at a time, or for pulling one signed page out of a stack. The files come back in a zip named after the original, numbered with leading zeros so they sort correctly rather than putting page 10 before page 2.

Either way the original file on your disk is untouched. Nothing is uploaded, so a private document stays private, and there is no server queue to sit in.

Pages are copied whole. Their size, orientation and rotation come across with them, text stays selectable and images keep their resolution.

The extracted file is usually smaller than the original, but rarely in proportion. A PDF shares fonts and images across pages, so one page pulled from a long report still has to carry every font it uses. Do not be surprised when a single page out of a 200 page document is more than a two hundredth of the size.

Very long documents are the slow case, because splitting into single pages means building one PDF per page. The progress bar tells you where it has got to. Extracting one range is fast whatever the length.

How do I extract certain pages from a PDF?

Load the file, then either click the page thumbnails you want or type a range such as 1-3, 7, 11-14. Extract gives you one new PDF holding exactly those pages, in page order.

Can I split a PDF into separate single page files?

Yes. Switch to the one file per page mode and you get a file per page, delivered as a single zip. Downloading twenty files one at a time is the kind of thing browsers block, so the zip is the default.

Are my files uploaded to a server?

No. The page opens your file with JavaScript running in your own browser, does the work there, and hands you the result as a download. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no server copy to delete and no queue to wait in. You can check this yourself: open your browser's network tab, run the tool, and you will see no request carrying your file.

How do I write a page range?

Use numbers separated by commas and dashes for ranges: 1-3, 7, 11-14. A dash with nothing after it, like 9-, means from that page to the end. Pages are counted from 1, and repeating a page does not duplicate it.

Does splitting reduce the file size?

Usually yes, but not always in proportion. A PDF shares fonts and images between pages, so a single page pulled out of a 200 page report carries the resources that page needs, which can be more than one two hundredth of the original.

Will the extracted pages keep their rotation and size?

Yes. Each page is copied with its own size, rotation and content intact, so a landscape page in a portrait document stays landscape.

Is this PDF splitter free?

Yes, and there is no account, no email box and no watermark on the output. The tool is here because FORKSAI makes study software and this is a useful thing to give away.