Splitting a PDF is usually about sharing less than the whole document: one chapter from a manual, a single invoice from a batch export, the two pages of a contract someone actually needs. Doing it locally means the rest of the document never travels anywhere.
How to use the Split PDF
- Drop a PDF onto the upload area, or click to choose one
- Click page numbers to select them, or type a range like 1-3, 7
- Click Extract to get those pages as a new PDF
- Or use Split every page to get one file per page
Selecting pages
Two ways, and they work together. Click page numbers directly to toggle them, or type a range and apply it.
The range field accepts the usual shorthand:
1-5— pages one to five1,3,7— just those three2-4, 9, 12-15— mixed, in any combination
Pages always come out in document order regardless of how you selected them, and duplicates are collapsed — entering 3,3,3 gives you page three once.
Splitting every page into its own file is a separate action, useful for bursting a batch export back into individual documents. It downloads one file per page, so it is capped to avoid accidentally triggering hundreds of downloads.
Extracting is not redaction
This matters and is widely misunderstood. Removing pages removes those pages' content — but a PDF carries more than visible pages, and some of it survives.
Document metadata travels with the extract: title, author, the software that produced it, creation and modification dates. If the original was generated from a template containing a client name, that may still be readable in the metadata even though the page it appeared on is gone. Check with the PDF Info tool before sharing.
Separately, if your goal is to hide information within a page, drawing a black box over it in an editor does not remove the text underneath — it can still be selected, copied and searched. That is a recurring cause of real-world document leaks, including in court filings. Genuine redaction requires a tool that deletes the underlying content, not one that covers it.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is read and processed entirely in your browser. Nothing is transmitted, which matters when you are splitting out part of a confidential document.
Can I extract pages in a custom order?
Extracted pages come out in document order. To reorder them, extract each page separately and then combine them in your preferred sequence with the Merge tool.
Does splitting reduce the file size proportionally?
Usually less than you would expect. Fonts, images and other resources are shared across pages, so a single page may carry a large portion of the original document's assets.
Does the extract still contain the original metadata?
Document-level metadata such as title and author is not what gets extracted here — but always check the output with the PDF Info tool before sharing anything sensitive.
Why is splitting every page limited?
Each page becomes a separate download, and browsers handle dozens of simultaneous downloads badly. For very long documents, extract ranges instead.