Split PDF files online — free and private
Sometimes a single PDF holds far more than you need to share: a 40-page scan when you only want chapter two, a bank statement bundle you want broken into monthly files, or a signed contract whose appendix should travel on its own. This Split PDF tool lets you pull pages out of any PDF — by custom ranges, one page at a time, or in fixed-size chunks — and it does the whole job inside your own browser. Your document is never uploaded, never stored, and never shared. When you close the tab, it is gone from memory.
How to split a PDF
- Add your PDF Drag and drop a PDF onto the box above, or click to browse. Only a single PDF is needed; the tool reads its page count locally.
- Choose how to split Pick custom page ranges (e.g. "1-3, 5, 8-10"), one file per page, or a fixed number of pages per file. The form changes to match your choice.
- Click “Split PDF” A progress bar tracks the work as each output document is built in your browser. Larger PDFs take a moment because everything runs on your device.
- Download the result Save the single PDF, or the ZIP archive containing all your split files, wherever you like.
Three ways to split, explained
Custom page ranges give you precise control: type something like
1-3, 5, 8-10 and you get three separate PDFs — pages 1 to 3, page 5 on its own,
and pages 8 to 10. Each comma-separated part becomes one output file, in the order you wrote
it. One file per page explodes the document so every page becomes its own
single-page PDF — handy when you need to send pages individually or reassemble them in a new
order. Every N pages cuts the document into equal chunks: choosing 2, for
example, produces files for pages 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and so on, with a shorter final file if the
page count is odd. Whenever a split produces more than one file, the tool bundles them into a
single ZIP so you only download once.
Common uses
- Extract a section. Pull a single chapter, form, or exhibit out of a long report.
- Separate statements. Break a multi-month bank or utility bundle into one file per period.
- Share selectively. Send only the relevant pages of a contract without exposing the rest.
- Reorganise scans. Split every page out, then reorder or re-merge them into a cleaner document.
- Lighten a file. Keep just the pages you need so the PDF you send is smaller and easier to read.
Why split PDFs in your browser?
Most “split PDF” websites upload your document to a remote server, process it there, and ask
you to trust that they delete it afterwards. For anything sensitive — financial records,
medical forms, legal paperwork — that is a real privacy risk. Because this tool runs 100% on
your device using the open-source pdf-lib engine, your file is never transmitted
over the internet. It also works offline once the page has loaded, and there is no upload size
cap. To split a different document, you can keep using the tool without ever sending a byte
to a server. For the reverse operation, see the
Merge PDF tool; to turn pages into images, try
PDF to JPG.