Splitting a PDF usually means one of two different jobs. Either you want the document cut into even pieces, one per page or one per invoice, or you want a specific range pulled out and nothing else. This tool does both, and neither one sends your file anywhere.
Pages are read and rewritten inside your browser. A statement, a contract or a set of scanned records stays on the machine you opened it on.
Two modes, two different jobs
Every N pages cuts the whole document into fixed-size files. Set it to 1 and you get one file per page, which is what you want for a batch of scanned single-page documents that were fed through a scanner together. Set it higher for something with a regular structure, such as a run of two-page invoices.
A specific range does the opposite. It produces one file containing only the pages you asked for, which is the right mode when you need three pages out of a sixty-page report.
How to write a page range
Ranges use the same syntax as a print dialog, because that is what people already know. Single pages are separated by commas, ranges use a hyphen, and you can mix them: 1,3,5-8 keeps five pages. An open end means what it looks like, so 10- runs to the last page and -4 runs from the first.
Pages are numbered from 1, duplicates collapse, and a backwards range such as 8-5 is read as 5 to 8. Anything past the end of the document is reported as an error instead of being quietly ignored, because silently dropping a page is the one failure that costs you work.
Selecting pages by clicking
Page thumbnails are rendered from the file after it loads. Clicking them fills in the range box for you, which is faster than counting pages in another window. You can then edit the box directly if you want to add a range the clicks did not cover.
What the output keeps
Each new file keeps the original page content, size and rotation. File names are derived from the original, so splitting report.pdf gives you report-part-01.pdf and so on, and twenty downloads in a folder are still identifiable afterwards.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded to split it?
No. The file is read in your browser and the new documents are written there too. Nothing is transmitted, which is the point for anything like a statement, a contract or a scanned record.
How do I get one file per page?
Choose Every N pages and set it to 1. A ten-page document then produces ten single-page files, which is the usual need after scanning a stack of separate documents in one pass.
What does 5- mean in the page range?
Page five through to the end of the document. The same works the other way: -4 means the first page through page four. Both save you looking up the page count.
What if I enter a page that does not exist?
You get an error naming the problem rather than a file that quietly lost pages. If the document has 20 pages and you ask for 25, it says so instead of returning something incomplete.
Does splitting reduce the file size?
Each output is smaller than the original because it holds fewer pages, but the pages themselves are not recompressed. A split page keeps the same image quality and the same fonts it had before.
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