Split PDF and extract pages
Extract the pages you actually need from a PDF — a single page, a range, or any combination — into a new, smaller PDF. Nothing is uploaded.
Sending two pages instead of forty
Most PDFs are bigger than the question they answer. The accountant wants the two pages with the annual figures, not the whole report; the landlord wants the salary page, not the entire contract; you want one chapter of a manual on your tablet, not the 300-page original. Extracting pages is also a quiet privacy habit: a full document often says far more about you than the recipient needs, and a smaller file with only the relevant pages shares exactly what was asked and nothing more. The result here is a new PDF containing just the pages you chose, while the original stays untouched on your device.
The range syntax, with worked examples
The pages box takes numbers and ranges separated by commas, and the order you type is the order you get. A few examples make it concrete. From a 20-page contract, 17-20 pulls the annex. 5, 17-20 puts the signature page in front of that annex. And because order is respected, 3, 1 produces a two-page PDF with page 3 first — which quietly makes this a page re-ordering tool as well: type the full sequence in the order you want and you have rebuilt the document to your own liking. Typing all copies every page in the original order, a handy baseline when you only want to confirm the file reads cleanly before cutting it up.
Split and merge are two halves of one job
Splitting rarely travels alone. The common pattern is extract-then-combine: take the relevant pages out of several documents, then bundle those extracts into a single file with the Merge PDF tool — a case file, an application, one tidy dossier per recipient. The reverse also works: merge first, then split the combined file into the parts each person should see. And if some scanned pages face the wrong way, put them upright with Rotate PDF before splitting, so every extract you make afterwards is already correct. All three tools run entirely in your browser and none of them re-compress pages, so you can chain them as often as the paperwork demands without the quality ever drifting.
How page selection works
Type page numbers and ranges separated by commas: 1-3, 7, 9-12 takes pages 1 through 3, then 7, then 9 through 12. The order matters — 3, 1 puts page 3 before page 1 in the result, so you can reorder pages this way too. Type all to copy every page.
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
No — the split happens entirely in your browser with JavaScript. Your file never leaves your device.
Does the original file change?
No — your original PDF stays untouched. You get a new file containing only the selected pages.
Why does a password-protected PDF fail?
Encrypted PDFs can't be read without their password. Remove the protection first (with the password you know), then split.
