How to Split a PDF or Extract Pages

Splitting a PDF is about sending only what's needed, nothing more. A few common cases:

Extract a section to share. Pull pages 4 to 9 out of a long handbook so a teammate isn't scrolling through the whole thing.

Separate one document from a scan. Scanners often dump several documents into a single PDF. Lift out just the invoice, the receipt, or the signed page.

Trim before sending or printing. Cut a 50-page deck down to the 6 slides that matter, or drop the cover and appendix before printing.

Rebuild a smaller, more shareable file. A handful of pages is far easier to email than the full document, and you avoid sending information that wasn't meant for the recipient.

Page numbers are based on the PDF's actual page order, not any printed numbers on the page. The first page is always 1, even if it's labelled "i" or has no number on it.

Mix ranges and single pages freely: 1-3, 5, 8-10 grabs pages 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10 in one go.

Order matters. The new PDF follows the order you type, so 5, 1, 3 produces a file with page 5 first. You can even repeat a page if you want it to appear more than once.

Keep ranges low-to-high. Write 8-10, not 10-8, or the tool will ask you to put the smaller page first.

If you enter a page that doesn't exist, the tool tells you the document's real page count so you can correct it before splitting.

Yes. Split PDF does all of its work in your browser using an on-device PDF engine (pdf-lib). Your file is read into the page you already have open and processed there. It is never uploaded to a server, so it can't sit in someone's storage, get logged, or be exposed in a breach.

That makes it a sound choice for sensitive material like contracts, medical records, bank statements, or anything under an NDA. Because nothing is transmitted, the tool also works on flaky connections, and once the page is loaded you could even split files offline.

There's no sign-up and no account, so there's no profile tying your activity to a file. Your original is left exactly as it was; the tool only ever creates a new copy with the pages you picked.

"Page X is out of range." You asked for a page the document doesn't have. Check the page count shown above the box and adjust your numbers.

"Range is backwards." You wrote something like 10-8. Flip it to 8-10 so the smaller number comes first.

The Split PDF button is greyed out. You haven't typed anything in the pages box yet, or the file is still loading. Enter a range and it will become clickable.

"Could not read this PDF." The file may be corrupted or in an unusual format. Try re-saving or re-exporting it, then drop it in again.

Very large file. The free tier handles files up to 25 MB. If yours is bigger, splitting it from a desktop browser tends to work best, since all the processing happens using your device's memory.