Split PDF Files Online Free
Runs 100% in your browser — your files never leave your device.
Break one large PDF into the pieces you actually need: a chapter for a class, signature pages from a contract, or single pages to share on their own. Leave the range box blank and the whole document is split into one file per page; type ranges like 1-3, 4-6 and each one becomes its own downloadable PDF. Everything runs locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded anywhere.
How it works
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Add your PDF
Drop a PDF into the box or click to browse. The file stays on your device the whole time.
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Choose your ranges
Leave the range box blank to get one file per page, or type the page ranges you want, like 1-3, 4-6. Each range becomes a separate PDF file.
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Split and download
Click Split PDF. Every range is saved as its own document, ready to download — and splits of more than five files come zipped automatically.
About this tool
Four ways to split, explained with ranges
The split tool takes page ranges in plain notation, but the box is optional. Left blank, the whole document is split into one file per page. A continuous range like 1-3 produces one file of those pages. Comma-separated groups like 1-3, 4-6 produce one file per group. A single number like 7 extracts just that page as its own file. The notation matches what most tools use, so a range that works elsewhere works here — and ranges keep the original order, so nothing is silently re-sequenced.
Choosing where to cut a document
Good splits follow the document's own seams. Cut at chapters when distributing a book section by section, at signatures when separating a contract from its annexes, at receipt boundaries when turning a scanner-fed pile into per-transaction files, and at invoice dates when splitting a monthly statement for bookkeeping. If you are unsure, open the PDF once and note the page numbers where each seam falls — thirty seconds of planning makes the split self-checking, because each output file should start with a heading you recognize.
What the output looks like
Each range becomes its own PDF with a name based on the original and the page numbers it contains, and every output keeps the text layer, image quality, and internal links of those pages. Splits of more than five files arrive as one zip — any split can be zipped on demand. The original document is never modified — splitting reads it and writes new files, so a mistake costs one retry rather than one lost document.
When splitting beats printing and scanning
The classic alternative to splitting is print-pages-then-scan-then-email, which loses text quality, inflates the file, and adds a scanner round trip. Splitting is lossless and instant: the recipient gets the same crisp pages you have, only fewer of them. It also respects the reader — a ten-page extract of a hundred-page report is a courtesy, not a compromise.
Frequently asked questions
Is splitting lossless?
Yes. Pages are copied into new files without re-encoding — text stays selectable and images keep their quality.
Can I split into one file per page?
Yes — it is the default. Leave the range box blank and each page becomes its own PDF.
How do I know which page numbers to use?
Open the PDF in any reader; the page numbers shown there are the ones the ranges use.
Does the original file change?
No. Splitting only reads the original and writes new files alongside it.
How do I download a big split?
Splits of more than five files are zipped automatically — one download instead of dozens. Any smaller split can also be zipped with the "Download all as zip" button.
Is there a size limit?
Practical splits handle very large documents; everything runs locally in your browser at file speed.