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Perform precise, surgical page extraction from any PDF document. Free, secure, and processing 100% locally in your session.
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PDF Splitter fits how U.S. professionals actually share work: one giant file from the scanner, but you only need pages 12–14 for counsel, or a single exhibit for a lender. Files stay on your device in modern browsers—ideal when you are handling customer data under U.S. state privacy laws (for example California CPRA-style expectations) and want to avoid unnecessary uploads.
A 150-page legal contract shouldn't be sent when only an appendix is needed. A 60-page health report is overkill when only the summary page matters. The PDF Splitter lets you surgically extract exactly the pages you need — nothing more.
Extract only the signature section from a multi-page contract to send for review.
Pull out the executive summary or appendix from a 100-page annual report PDF.
Extract specific chapters from a dissertation PDF to share with collaborators.
Isolate specific test results or referral letters from a comprehensive health PDF.
Share individual floor plans or elevations from a large architectural PDF package.
Extract specific tax form pages to submit to different agencies or advisors.
Enter page numbers in the input field using any of these formats. You can mix and match in a single entry:
| Input Format | What It Extracts |
|---|---|
1, 3, 5 | Only pages 1, 3, and 5 (non-sequential selection) |
10-20 | Continuous range from page 10 to page 20 (11 pages) |
1-3, 7, 12-15 | Mixed: pages 1–3, then page 7, then pages 12–15 |
5 | A single page — just page 5 |
1-99 | Effectively all pages if document has 99 or fewer pages |
💡 Tip: Page numbers start at 1 (not 0). If your PDF has 50 pages, valid inputs are 1 through 50.
Cloud PDF tools force you to wait. We don't.
Because we use pdf-lib running as JavaScript in your browser, your entire PDF is processed in RAM — no file is ever transmitted. The moment you click "Extract Pages", your browser reads the selected pages from memory and writes a new PDF file directly to your downloads folder. For most documents this takes under 500ms.
This also means your document — whether it's a medical record, a legal contract, or a financial statement — is never at risk of being stored on a third-party server.
Many users reach for a full PDF editor when they only need a splitter. Here's the key difference:
Extracted pages appear in the order you listin the range box—not the document's reader order if the PDF had unusual page labels. Interactive form fields and bookmarks may not behave the same in the child PDF; re-test if you rely on scripts or forms.
Accounting firms split year-end binders into per-entity packets. HR splits I-9 packets by hire cohort. Sales teams split order forms from master quotes.
The goal is almost always the same: reduce oversharing while keeping an audit trail of what went where.
Splitting should preserve vector text and embedded fonts when possible so downstream viewers do not reflow unexpectedly.
If a page looks wrong after export, re-check rotation and crop boxes in your source file—those issues often predate the split.
Extremely large PDFs can be memory-heavy in the browser; split in batches on constrained machines.
Password-protected PDFs may need to be unlocked in a trusted desktop tool first, depending on permissions.
Absolutely. You can use commas to separate different pages and ranges in any combination. For example: '1-3, 7, 12-15' will extract pages 1, 2, 3, then page 7, then pages 12 through 15 — all into a single new PDF, in that order.
No. Our tool reads your existing PDF from browser memory, creates a brand-new PDF containing only the selected pages, and downloads that new file. Your original document is never altered, written to, or deleted.
There is no hard-coded size limit. Since the tool runs entirely in your browser, it can handle any PDF that fits within your computer's RAM. Most modern laptops can comfortably process PDFs of 500MB or more.
Yes. Our extraction engine (pdf-lib) copies the full page content including embedded fonts, vector graphics, embedded images, hyperlinks, and metadata. The extracted pages are visually identical to their source.
Password-protected PDFs cannot be read by our splitter. You need to remove the password first using our PDF Unlock tool, and then use this tool to split the unlocked document.
The tool will warn you if you enter a page number that exceeds the total page count of the uploaded PDF. For example, entering '50' for a 30-page document will display an error prompting you to correct the range.
Signatures are often invalidated when pages are copied to a new file. Plan to re-sign the output if legal validity matters.
Embedded fonts and shared resources may still be bundled per pdf-lib behavior. For minimal size, run the PDF Compressor on the result if needed.
Yes—define the range for that page and export. If your email system blocks attachments, consider a secure portal per your company policy.
It depends on how the PDF was built. Always click-test links in the exported chunk before sending externally.
A clean split should not recompress art unnecessarily, but scanned pages are already image-heavy—watch file size if you split many photo pages.