Split PDF

How to split a PDF

1. Upload your PDF using the box above.
2. Optionally specify which pages to extract (e.g. 2-5,8).
3. Click Split PDF and download each resulting file.

When is splitting useful?

Splitting a PDF is the right move whenever you need a subset of a longer document. Common scenarios: a long contract where only one schedule needs to be forwarded, a scanned book that needs to be broken into chapters for easier reading on a tablet, a 100-page financial report that needs to be delivered to different stakeholders in chunks, or a single-page certificate that you want to extract from a multi-page Aadhaar update receipt. Splitting keeps the original file intact while giving you smaller, focused PDFs that travel through email gateways and content filters more reliably.

Range syntax in detail

The page-ranges field accepts a comma-separated list of single pages and inclusive ranges. 1-3 means "pages 1, 2, and 3". 5 means "just page 5". 1-3,5,8-10 produces three separate output PDFs. Leaving the field empty splits every page of the input into its own one-page PDF — useful for breaking a scanned book into individual page files. Pages must be 1-indexed and within the document's bounds.

Quality and structure preserved

Splitting uses the open-source pdf-lib library running in your browser. Each output file copies its source pages byte-for-byte from the original — text remains selectable, images keep their original resolution, fonts are embedded if they were in the source, and form fields stay editable. There is no re-rendering, no rasterization, no quality drop. File sizes scale roughly with the number of pages extracted.

Useful follow-ups

• Need to combine the split files back? Use Merge PDF.
• Want each page as an image instead of a PDF? Use PDF to JPG.
• Need a particular page rotated? Try Rotate PDF on the extracted file.

How PDF splitting works

This tool uses pdf-lib to read your PDF, identify the page ranges you specify, and produce one or more output PDFs. The split happens entirely in your browser. Use the range syntax to specify pages: "1-5" for a contiguous range, "1,3,7" for individual pages, "1-5,10,15-20" for a mix. Each comma-separated entry produces a separate output PDF in the result ZIP.

Common Indian use cases

Extracting specific chapters from a study PDF for focused revision, separating individual bank statements from a multi-month consolidated file, splitting a bulk-scanned document into separate one-page files for individual upload, isolating specific pages for partial sharing (e.g., share only your salary slip from a bigger HR document), and extracting attachments or appendices from a long PDF.

Page numbering convention

Page numbers in this tool are 1-indexed (the first page is page 1, not page 0) — matching the page numbering you see in any PDF reader. Negative numbers are not supported. If you specify "10-5", the tool treats it as "5-10". Page numbers beyond the actual page count are clamped to the last page.

Encrypted PDFs

PDFs with password protection cannot be split until decrypted. Open the PDF in your reader, enter the password, save a new copy with "Save As" or print to PDF without password, then split that copy.

Disclaimer

Splitting is non-destructive — your original PDF is unchanged. Always keep the original until you have verified the split outputs. If a page contains sensitive information you don't want in the split output, double-check before sharing.

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