--- title: Free PDF Splitter Online – Extract Pages or Split Every Page | HelpRange url: https://www.helprange.com/tools/split-pdf --- Free tool # Split a PDF Extract page ranges into separate PDFs, or split every page into its own file. Several ranges come back as a ZIP. [Do this for your team](https://www.helprange.com/feature-secure-documents-sharing) ## How it works ### Choose your PDF Up to 10 MB and 200 pages. ### Type the page ranges For example 1-3, 5, 8- – each range becomes its own PDF. Or split every page into a separate file. ### Download One range gives one PDF; several give a ZIP. ![Pages of a report split into separate PDF files](/static/images/ui/tools/split-pdf.jpg)Pages of a report split into separate PDF files ### Send just the pages that matter – and see who read them Share the extracted part as a HelpRange link: page-by-page analytics, an alert when it is opened, a watermark with the reader's e-mail and access you can revoke. [Try HelpRange free](https://www.helprange.com/?from=tool-cta#signUpSection) [Compare plans – from $39 per team](https://www.helprange.com/pricing?from=tool-cta) [See page-by-page analytics](https://www.helprange.com/feature-documents-analytics) Splitting a PDF is the quickest way to send only the relevant part of a long document – one chapter of a report, the financial section of a deck, or a single signed page. ## Typical reasons to split a PDF - Send only the financial section of a long report or deck. - Pull the signed signature page out of a contract. - Break a scanned batch into one PDF per invoice or per letter (split every page). - Stay under an e-mail or upload size limit by sending chapters separately. Page range syntax: `1-3` is pages 1 to 3, `5` is page 5 alone, `8-` is page 8 to the end and `-4` is the first four pages. Ranges may overlap – each one becomes a separate file. ## Before you send the extracted pages Extracted pages keep their content, links and form fields. Check them for anything you did not mean to share: names in comments, figures in hidden layers or metadata. The [PDF security check](https://www.helprange.com/tools/pdf-security-check) lists what a file reveals, and [redaction](https://www.helprange.com/tools/redact-pdf) removes text for good. To put files back together later use the [merge tool](https://www.helprange.com/tools/merge-pdf), and number the pages with [page numbers](https://www.helprange.com/tools/add-page-numbers-to-pdf) so references stay clear. ## Example: one PDF per invoice A scanner produced one 40-page PDF with 40 invoices. Choose “Split every page into its own PDF” and you get a ZIP with 40 files named after the page numbers. For two-page invoices type the ranges instead: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6… Each range becomes one invoice. Rename the files after downloading so the archive stays searchable. FAQ ## Split a PDF – questions How do I write the pages? Use ranges separated by commas: 1-3, 5, 8- (8- means from page 8 to the end). Each range becomes one PDF. Is there a limit? Up to 50 MB and 1,000 pages per file without an account – more with a free account or a paid plan. Do you keep my file? Only for a short time: uploads are deleted right after processing, the result after 30 minutes – or at once with “Delete now”. Related free tools [Merge PDF files](https://www.helprange.com/tools/merge-pdf)[Extract pages from a PDF](https://www.helprange.com/tools/extract-pages)[Delete pages from a PDF](https://www.helprange.com/tools/remove-pages)[Split a PDF by file size](https://www.helprange.com/tools/split-pdf-by-size) [All free tools](https://www.helprange.com/tools)