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How to Split a PDF and Extract Pages

Last updated: 2026-11-12

Keep only the pages you need from a long PDF, or break it into single-page files, without uploading it anywhere.

Open the PDF Splitter →

Why split a PDF?

  • Share only what is needed: send the one page with your result from a set of scanned certificates, or a single chapter instead of a whole book.
  • Meet upload limits: portals often limit the file size or number of pages. Extracting the required pages usually makes the file much smaller.
  • Separate a scanned bundle: when several documents were scanned into one file, split them back into individual PDFs.

Extract pages step by step

  1. Open Split PDF and choose your file. A preview of every page appears.
  2. Click the previews of the pages you want, or type them in the "Pages to extract" box.
  3. Check the counter below the box to confirm how many pages are selected.
  4. Click "Extract into one PDF" to get a single file with just those pages, or "Save each page separately (ZIP)" to get one PDF per page.
  5. Download the result. Your original file is not changed.

Writing page ranges

Separate single pages and ranges with commas. "1-3, 7" selects pages 1, 2, 3 and 7; "10-12" selects pages 10 to 12. The numbers are positions in the file, which can differ from the page numbers printed on the paper — for example when a report has unnumbered cover pages.

The All, Odd and Even buttons select those pages in one click, and Clear starts again. Odd and Even help with manual double-sided printing: print the odd pages, turn the stack over, then print the even pages.

Tips

  • To remove a few pages and keep everything else, PDF Page Reorder is quicker: delete the unwanted pages and save.
  • To join extracted pages with other documents, use the PDF Merger.
  • If you need a page as an image for WhatsApp or a form that only accepts JPG, use PDF to JPG instead.
  • Password-protected PDFs cannot be split. Remove the password in the program that created the file first.
  • The PDF is processed in your browser and never uploaded, so it is safe to use with personal documents.

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