Split a PDF
Extract page ranges into separate PDFs, or split every page into its own file. Several ranges come back as a ZIP.
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.
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.
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 lists what a file reveals, and redaction removes text for good. To put files back together later use the merge tool, and number the pages with page numbers 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.
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”.