Split PDF
Break a PDF into separate documents — either one file per page, or by page ranges you choose. Results come back as a ZIP so you get everything in one download.
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Splitting a PDF without breaking it
Splitting copies the pages you select into a new document and leaves the original untouched. Nothing is re-encoded, so each piece keeps the exact text, fonts and image quality of the file it came from.
The original file is never modified. If a split goes wrong, you have lost nothing — adjust the ranges and run it again.
Ranges, and the off-by-one that catches everyone
Page ranges are inclusive at both ends: 1-5 gives you five pages, not four. A range like 5-5 is a single page. When you are cutting a document into consecutive sections, the next range starts at the number after the previous one ended — 1-10, then 11-20, not 10-20, which duplicates page 10.
Which kind of split do you want?
- Every page as its own file — useful for scanned batches where each page is really a separate document.
- One range into one file — the common case when you need a chapter, a section or a single form out of a longer document.
- Several ranges at once — splitting a bank statement into months, or a report into its parts.
Splitting is not the same as extracting
The two overlap enough to confuse. Splitting divides a document into several outputs; extracting pulls a selection out into one. If you want pages 3, 9 and 14 in a single new file, that is extraction. If you want three separate files, that is a split. Removing pages you do not want is a third operation again, and often the quicker route when you are keeping most of the document.
For very long documents, splitting first and then compressing each part gives noticeably better results than compressing the whole file and splitting afterwards, because each piece is optimised on its own content.
Related reading: splitting as a fix for oversized files, and merging, which is the reverse of this.
Questions people ask
Can I split by page ranges instead of every page?
Yes. Enter ranges like 1-3, 7, 10-12 and you'll get one PDF per range.
Does splitting reduce the quality of the pages?
No. Pages are copied across as they are, with no re-encoding, so text stays selectable and images keep their original resolution.
Can I split a PDF into equal parts automatically?
Set consecutive ranges of the same length — 1-20, 21-40, 41-60 and so on. Remember the ranges are inclusive, so each starts one after the last ended.
What happens to the original file?
Nothing. Splitting reads your file and writes new ones; the original stays exactly as it was on your device.
Will form fields and links still work in the split parts?
Form fields survive. Links survive when their target is inside the same part — a link pointing at a page that ended up in a different file has nothing to point at any more.
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