Split PDF

Three ways to split a PDF

Writing page ranges

Page ranges use page numbers as they appear in the thumbnails, starting from 1. Separate ranges with commas:

• 5 creates a file with page 5 only.
• 1-3 creates a file with pages 1, 2 and 3.
• 1-3, 5, 8-10 creates three files.
• 10-8 creates a file with pages 10, 9 and 8, in reverse order.

Tick Combine ranges into one file to get a single PDF containing all the listed pages instead of separate files. If a range is outside the document, the tool tells you which part to fix.

Step-by-step

1. Open the PDF. Thumbnails of every page appear.
2. Choose a split method.
3. Click the pages to extract, type the page ranges, or keep Every page selected.
4. Select Split PDF and download a single PDF or a ZIP file.

Practical uses

• Reduce an attachment to the pages that matter before emailing it.
• Separate a scanned stack of documents into individual files.
• Share one chapter of a textbook or report for class or review.
• Remove blank or duplicate pages by extracting all the other pages.

Tips for clean results

Before splitting a long document, scroll through the thumbnails once. Blank pages from double-sided scanning, cover sheets and duplicate pages are easy to spot and can be left out at the same time. If you need pages in a different order, choose Split by page ranges, type them in the order you want, for example 4, 1-3, and tick Combine ranges into one file. You can also rearrange pages afterwards in the PDF Editor.

When you split every page into a separate file, the ZIP keeps them in the original order because each file name includes its page number with leading zeros, such as page-007. That makes them sort correctly in any file manager.